Alaska crab

noun

king crab(def 2).

Definition for alaska-crab (2 of 2)

king crab

noun

horseshoe crab.
Also called Alaskan king crab, Alaska crab. a large, edible crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of cold North Pacific waters, especially abundant along the coasts of Alaska and Japan.

Origin of king crab

First recorded in 1690–1700

British Dictionary definitions for alaska-crab

king crab

noun

another name for the horseshoe crab