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DUNGENESS CRAB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America

Synonyms:

Cancer magister; Dungeness crab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dungeness 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 "Dungeness crab"):

Dungeness crab (flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab))

Holonyms ("Dungeness crab" is a member of...):

Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Dungeness crab" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Dungeness crab" is a part of...):

Cancer magister; Dungeness crab (small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America)

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