king crab
English
Noun
king crab (plural king crabs)
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- Synonym: stone crab
- Hypernyms: crab, crustacean, fish (“any kind of animal sealife”), animal, eukaryote, organism, being
- (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
Derived terms
- Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
- blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)
- Brodie's king crab (Neolithodes brodiei)
- brown king crab (Lithodes aequispinus)
- California king crab (Paralithodes californiensis)
- Chilean king crab (Lithodes santolla)
- false king crab (Paralomis granulosa)
- fierce king crab (Lithodes ferox)
- golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus)
- Hanasaki king crab (Paralithodes brevipes)
- Norway king crab (Lithodes maja)
- prickly king crab (Paralomis zealandica)
- Puget Sound king crab (Echidnocerus cibarius)
- red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
- scarlet king crab (Lithodes couesi)
- southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)
- spiny king crab (Paralithodes spp.)
Translations
crustacean
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References
- “king crab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- king crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN