1. Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
   "The restaurant served Alaskan king crab with melted butter";
   - Alaska king crab, king crab, Alaska crab
    
2. Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
   "The fishing boat returned with a full catch of Alaskan king crab";
   - king crab, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica

Derived forms: Alaskan king crabs

Type of: crab, crabmeat

Part of: genus Paralithodes, Paralithodes

Encyclopedia: Alaskan king crab