king crab
king crab noun: any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
Noun
king crab (plural king crabs)
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- Synonyms:
- stone crab
- A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
king crab meaning in Tamil
king crab in Tamil
- அரச நண்டு
Synonyms of king crab
Forms of king crab
| plural | king crabs |
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Words formed from king crab
- Alaska king crab
- Alaskan king crab
- blue king crab
- Brodie's king crab
- brown king crab
- California king crab
- Chilean king crab
- false king crab
- fierce king crab
- golden king crab
- Hanasaki king crab
- Norway king crab
- prickly king crab
- Puget Sound king crab
- red king crab
- scarlet king crab
- southern king crab
- spiny king crab
Questions about king crab
- What does king crab mean?
- King crab means any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- What is king crab in Tamil?
- King crab in Tamil is அரச நண்டு. See King crab meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is king crab?
- King crab is a noun.
- What is the plural of king crab?
- The plural of king crab is king crabs.
Words near king crab in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: king crab (page history and authors); king crab (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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