"king crab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-king crab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: king crabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} king crab (plural king crabs)
  1. Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae. Synonyms: stone crab Hypernyms: crab, crustacean, fish, animal, eukaryote, organism, being Translations (crustacean): 皇帝蟹 (huángdìxiè) (Chinese Mandarin), kuningasrapu (Finnish), chʼoshtsoh bikágí diwozhí (Navajo), krab królewski [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-zwBKapF0 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Anomurans Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 44 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 23 42 35 Disambiguation of Anomurans: 21 41 38 Disambiguation of 'crustacean': 86 1 13
  2. (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-SKiHN7BB Categories (other): Poker, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Anomurans Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 55 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 69 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 50 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 44 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 23 42 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 49 26 Disambiguation of Anomurans: 21 41 38 Topics: card-games, poker
  3. A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-i-dvjMf8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Anomurans Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 50 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 44 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 23 42 35 Disambiguation of Anomurans: 21 41 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes camtschaticus), blue king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes platypus), Brodie's king crab (taxonomic: Neolithodes brodiei), brown king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes aequispinus), California king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes californiensis), Chilean king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes santolla), false king crab (taxonomic: Paralomis granulosa), fierce king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes ferox), golden king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes aequispinus), Hanasaki king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes brevipes), Norway king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes maja), prickly king crab (taxonomic: Paralomis zealandica), Puget Sound king crab (alt: Echidnocerus cibarius), red king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes camtschaticus), scarlet king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes couesi), southern king crab (taxonomic: Lithodes santolla), spiny king crab (taxonomic: Paralithodes spp.)

Inflected forms

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