Dungeness crab
[ duhn-juh-nes, duhn-juh-nes ]
/ ˈdʌn dʒəˌnɛs, ˌdʌn dʒəˈnɛs /
noun
an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
Also called
market crab.
Origin of Dungeness crab
First recorded in 1920–25; after
Dungeness, village in NW Washington