单词 | dungeness crab |
释义 | Dungeness crabn. A large edible crab found in shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America, Metacarcinus magister (formerly Cancer magister). Also as a mass noun: the flesh of such a crab used as food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Cancridae (rock crab) partan1428 punger1586 marble crab1668 sea-cock1668 rock crab1736 Cape lobster1793 partan-crab1893 Dungeness crab1896 1896 Clever Cooking (Women's Guild St. Mark's Church, Seattle) 72 1 large Dungeness crab. 2 eggs. 4 tablespoonfuls of melted butter. 1920 Illustr. World June 608/1 When you..order a portion of ‘Dungeness Crab’, do you think of the labor,..and the care that went into the preparation of that delicate white meat for your dinner? 1951 Commerc. Fisheries Rev. July 98 The greater portion of Dungeness crabs are taken in pots set 150 to 300 feet apart in 6 to 15 fathoms of water. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 May c11/2 Consommé made from fresh dungeness crab and lobster, served from a silver tureen at table. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 Mar. a3/1 Crab fishermen are enjoying unusually big catches of Dungeness crab. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896 |
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