king crab
noun
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: any of several very large crabs
especially
: one (Paralithoides camtschaticus) of the North Pacific caught commercially for food
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The 27-year-old restaurant is a celebrity hotspot where professional athletes, actors and billionaires are often seen dining on tomahawk steaks and king crab.
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Claire Ballor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Over the course of the long, strange night, the chef seared a nature film's worth of seafood, all of it local—mackerel, king crab, live abalone, and fat scallops in their shells cultivated in nearby Lake Saroma.
—Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Our founder and the rapper started their tasting with a king crab taco (which Snoop compared to Taco Bell), bread enriched with purple carrots, and mussels with calamari.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
The raw bar includes peel-and-eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and oysters on the half shell.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
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Claire Ballor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Over the course of the long, strange night, the chef seared a nature film's worth of seafood, all of it local—mackerel, king crab, live abalone, and fat scallops in their shells cultivated in nearby Lake Saroma.
—Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Our founder and the rapper started their tasting with a king crab taco (which Snoop compared to Taco Bell), bread enriched with purple carrots, and mussels with calamari.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
The raw bar includes peel-and-eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and oysters on the half shell.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
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“King crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/king%20crab. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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