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CRABMEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The edible flesh of any of various crabs
Synonyms:
crab; crabmeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("crabmeat" is a kind of...):
shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crabmeat"):
blue crab (Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat)
crab legs (legs of especially Alaska king crabs)
soft-shell crab; soft-shelled crab (freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible)
Japanese crab (crabmeat usually canned; from Japan)
Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab (meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat)
Dungeness crab (flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab))
stone crab (pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare)
Holonyms ("crabmeat" is a part of...):
crab cocktail (a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce)
