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ALASKA KING CRAB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan

Synonyms:

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alaska king crab" is a kind of...):

crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)

Meronyms (parts of "Alaska king crab"):

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab (meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat)

Holonyms ("Alaska king crab" is a member of...):

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat

Synonyms:

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Alaska king crab" is a kind of...):

crab; crabmeat (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)

Holonyms ("Alaska king crab" is a part of...):

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica (large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan)

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