snow crab


snow crab

n. Any of several edible spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, especially C. opilio.
[Probably from the fact that they live in northern seas and are typically fished in winter .]

snow crab

n (Animals) Canadian an edible crab with long thin legs found off the coasts of Eastern Canada

snow′ crab`


n. an edible spider crab of the N Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a seafood product. [1955–60]