giant crab

American  

noun

1. a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, sometimes measuring 11 feet (3.4 meters) across from claw to claw.

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Example Sentences

Jones would be there, too - eating the meat from a giant crab leg and aiming a cheery thumbs-up to the camera to promote Japan's tourist board.

From BBC

It came at me sideways, looking rather like a giant crab.

From Washington Post

I checked Vonetta’s letter and rolled my eyes about the “giant crab” part.

From Literature

Huntsman spiders are also known as “giant crab spiders” on account of their long legs.

From Fox News

For instance, a giant crab spider — roughly the size of a human head — is far more common in tropical Asian homes than we expected.

From New York Times