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 • Dec. 6, 2022

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

In the pool, the eight swimmers imitated dolphins leaping, giant crab pincers and fluid waves, wowing the crowd with some of the most daring lifts and leaps of the competition.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2012

Like some giant crab, all spines and legs, but larger than a castle.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz