"king crab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: king crabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} king crab (plural king crabs)
  1. Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the family Lithodinae.
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-fYNnfj49 Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 41 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 41 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 13 41 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 35 40 12
  2. Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the family Lithodinae.
    (especially) A California king crab, also called the spiny king crab, Paralithodes californiensis.
    Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-5xg1TMAX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, 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: 10 48 37 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 51 38 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 48 33 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 41 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 41 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 13 41 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 35 40 12 Disambiguation of Anomurans: 9 58 26 7
  3. (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, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 29 55 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 41 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 41 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 13 41 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 35 40 12 Topics: card-games, poker
  4. A horseshoe crab.
    Sense id: en-king_crab-en-noun-5yNUeScB Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 41 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 41 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 13 41 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 35 40 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stone crab Hypernyms: animal, crab, crustacean, fish (english: any kind of animal sealife) Hyponyms: blue king crab, brown king crab, golden king crab, Norway king crab, red king crab, troll crab Derived forms: blue king crab, brown king crab, golden king crab, king, red king crab Translations (crustacean): 皇帝蟹 (huángdìxiè) (Chinese Mandarin), kuningasrapu (Finnish), chʼoshtsoh bikágí diwozhí (Navajo), krab królewski [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'crustacean': 50 50 0 0

Inflected forms

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