king crab

English

a California king crab (Paralithodes californiensis)

Pronunciation

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Noun

king crab (plural king crabs)

1. 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

2. (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
3. 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皇帝蟹 (huángdìxiè)

• Finnish: kuningasrapu (fi)
• Navajo: chʼoshtsoh bikágí diwozhí
• Polish: krab królewski m

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

Anagrams

• ring back, ringback