1. (

• Alaska_king_crab ,
• Alaskan_king_crab ,
• king_crab ,
• Alaska_crab

) meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat ;

2. (

• European_spider_crab ,
• king_crab ,
• Maja_squinado

) a large spider crab of Europe ;

3. (

• king_crab ,
• Alaska_crab ,
• Alaskan_king_crab ,
• Alaska_king_crab ,
• Paralithodes_camtschatica

) large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan ;

4. (

• horseshoe_crab ,
• king_crab ,
• Limulus_polyphemus ,
• Xiphosurus_polyphemus

) large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse ;