Meaning | The edible flesh of any of various crabs. |
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Synonym | crab |
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Part of | crab cocktail | A cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce |
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Narrower | Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab | meat of large cold-water crab |
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Dungeness crab | Flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab) |
Japanese crab | crabmeat usually canned |
blue crab | Atlantic crab |
crab legs | legs of especially Alaska king crabs |
soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab | Freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible |
stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor |
Broader | shellfish | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
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Spanish | cangrejo |
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Catalan | cranc |
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