Alaska king crab n 1: meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat [syn: {Alaska king crab}, {Alaskan king crab}, {king crab}, {Alaska crab}] 2: large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan [syn: {king crab}, {Alaska crab}, {Alaskan king crab}, {Alaska king crab}, {Paralithodes camtschatica}]