Dungeness crab love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An edible crab (Cancer magister) found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to central California.

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  • noun Cancer magister, a species of crab found in the Pacific Ocean that has sweet-tasting meat.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)
  • noun small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Dungeness, a town of northwest Washington.]

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