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Definition of king crab in English: king crabnoun 1North American An edible crab of the North Pacific, resembling a spider crab. 〈北美〉王蟹，拟石蟹 Genus Paralithodes, family Lithodidae Example sentencesExamples - This isn't like any supermarket you'll experience anywhere else in the city: the freezers are full of frozen delicacies such as shrimp balls and ready-made dumplings, and giant tanks brim with live lobsters, king crabs and oysters.
- Yet others welcome the red king crab, saying its delicious taste and size - the crabs can grow to 22 pounds and measure 4.9 feet across - make it an extremely lucrative catch.
- Spiny king crabs prowl the deep seafloor for live food, eating other crabs and sea stars.
- We had champagne toasts, my dad said a blessing over us, and then we had a great dinner with freshly smoked salmon from dad's smoker, and king crab, asparagus, potatoes and white wine.
- The restaurant's chef, Tadao Takoi, uses fine forest mushrooms, asparagus and Japanese herbs to complement the king crab, lobster and fresh prawns for the festival.
2 another term for horseshoe crab Example sentencesExamples - Male king crabs have triangular shaped ‘tails’ which are only one third the size of females.
- With the exception of a few mites which have returned to a marine way of life, the king crabs, also known as horseshoe crabs, are the only surviving arachnids which now still live in the sea.
- The king crab, or ‘horse shoe crab’, is familiar to all boys who live upon the coast or spend their summer vacation at the seaside.
Definition of king crab in US English: king crabnoun 1North American An edible crab of the North Pacific, resembling a spider crab. 〈北美〉王蟹，拟石蟹 Genus Paralithodes, family Lithodidae Example sentencesExamples - This isn't like any supermarket you'll experience anywhere else in the city: the freezers are full of frozen delicacies such as shrimp balls and ready-made dumplings, and giant tanks brim with live lobsters, king crabs and oysters.
- The restaurant's chef, Tadao Takoi, uses fine forest mushrooms, asparagus and Japanese herbs to complement the king crab, lobster and fresh prawns for the festival.
- We had champagne toasts, my dad said a blessing over us, and then we had a great dinner with freshly smoked salmon from dad's smoker, and king crab, asparagus, potatoes and white wine.
- Spiny king crabs prowl the deep seafloor for live food, eating other crabs and sea stars.
- Yet others welcome the red king crab, saying its delicious taste and size - the crabs can grow to 22 pounds and measure 4.9 feet across - make it an extremely lucrative catch.
2 another term for horseshoe crab Example sentencesExamples - The king crab, or ‘horse shoe crab’, is familiar to all boys who live upon the coast or spend their summer vacation at the seaside.
- With the exception of a few mites which have returned to a marine way of life, the king crabs, also known as horseshoe crabs, are the only surviving arachnids which now still live in the sea.
- Male king crabs have triangular shaped ‘tails’ which are only one third the size of females.
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