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Noun: Alaska king crab
  1. Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
    - king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica
     
  2. Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
    - Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab

Derived forms: Alaska king crabs

Type of: crab, crabmeat

Part of: genus Paralithodes, Paralithodes

Encyclopedia: Alaska king crab