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Dungeness crab
noun
Dunge·ness crab
ˌdən-jə-ˌnes- 
: a large edible crab (Cancer magister) of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to California
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For a big group — or a hungry couple — a popular choice is the King’s Seafood Boil, with lobster tails, peel-and-eat shrimp, sausage, potatoes and Dungeness crab legs, boiled and tossed in garlic butter seasoning ($119.95).
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Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Recent menus featured cauliflower with California White Sturgeon caviar and wild foraged greens and a seafood tower with Foxley River oysters, Bay scallops, and Dungeness crab dip.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
Book now with Princess Cruises Assist crew in pulling in crab pots and indulge in fresh Dungeness crab during this popular Celebrity Cruises excursion.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 18, state officials announced Thursday, now that many of the migrating behemoths of the sea have safely made their way down the coast.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
From 2014 to 2022, commercial Dungeness crab fishing in California was responsible for 28 percent of all humpback entanglements off the state’s coast, according to a Bay Nature report cited by Eater SF.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
Orcas were teaching one another how to sink boats, and the population decline of Dungeness crabs may be due partly to ocean acidification worsening their sense of smell.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
And the species’ future looks bright: Dungeness crab is one of the most sustainable seafood populations, and its long-term health seems good.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2023
Prices are still in flux, but most raw and poached seafood dishes should land between $13-$17, with a lobster roll priced at $25, a half Dungeness crab $26 and a dozen raw oysters $30, more than $.50 less per oyster than most neighboring restaurants.
—Mrussell, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Recent menus featured cauliflower with California White Sturgeon caviar and wild foraged greens and a seafood tower with Foxley River oysters, Bay scallops, and Dungeness crab dip.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
Book now with Princess Cruises Assist crew in pulling in crab pots and indulge in fresh Dungeness crab during this popular Celebrity Cruises excursion.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 18, state officials announced Thursday, now that many of the migrating behemoths of the sea have safely made their way down the coast.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
From 2014 to 2022, commercial Dungeness crab fishing in California was responsible for 28 percent of all humpback entanglements off the state’s coast, according to a Bay Nature report cited by Eater SF.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
Orcas were teaching one another how to sink boats, and the population decline of Dungeness crabs may be due partly to ocean acidification worsening their sense of smell.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
And the species’ future looks bright: Dungeness crab is one of the most sustainable seafood populations, and its long-term health seems good.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2023
Prices are still in flux, but most raw and poached seafood dishes should land between $13-$17, with a lobster roll priced at $25, a half Dungeness crab $26 and a dozen raw oysters $30, more than $.50 less per oyster than most neighboring restaurants.
—Mrussell, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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