paralithodes camtschatica

Questions about paralithodes camtschatica

What does paralithodes camtschatica mean?

paralithodes camtschatica means "large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan".

What is another word for paralithodes camtschatica?

Close synonyms include king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paralithodes camtschatica a common word?

paralithodes camtschatica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.