Dungeness crab: Meaning and Definition of

Dun'ge•ness crab'

Pronunciation: (dun'ju-nes", dun"ju-nes'), [key]
  1. an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
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