King Crab

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a less common name for the horseshoe crab, a 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

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Senses

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Wordset Dictionary

a large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan or its meat

Wordset Dictionary

a large spider crab of Europe or its meat

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: horseshoe crab
plural: King Crabs
possessive: King Crab's
pluralpossessive: King Crabs'

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