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giant crab

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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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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 • Dec. 6, 2022

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 • Oct. 27, 2018

But he was interrupted when he was bitten by a giant crab and turned and went home, leaving the bridge unfinished.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2014

Johnny wants a giant crab for Christmas, but the only person who has one is Wormsley.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012

And in the fountain squatted a giant crab.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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