Illustration of Dungeness crab
Dungeness crab
noun
Dunge·ness crab ˌdən-jə-ˌnes- 
: a large edible crab (Cancer magister) of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to California
Word History
Etymology
Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above