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Noun king crab has 4 senses
- Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
--1 is a kind of crab, crabmeat
--1 is a part of
- European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado - large European spider crab
--2 is a kind of spider crab
--2 is a member of Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia
- king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
--3 is a kind of crab
--3 is a member of Paralithodes, genus Paralithodes
--3 has parts: Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab
- horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus - 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; a living fossil related to the wood louse
--4 is a kind of arthropod
--4 is a member of Limulus, genus Limulus
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