snow crab
noun
: any of several long-legged crabs (genus Chionoecetes, especially C. opilio and C. bairdi) of the eastern north Pacific Ocean and especially Alaska and the western north Atlantic Ocean that are used for food
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The meal opens with scallop terrine—delicately topped with fennel crudités, sour onions, and apple—followed by a rich Greenlandic snow crab bisque.
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Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Studies have linked the deaths of billions of snow crabs in the region to warming temperatures.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Some Asian ingredients include spicy xo sauce, Japanese snow crab and A5 Miyazaki Gyu, a top-grade Japanese wagyu beef.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Choose from red king crab, golden king crab, Dungeness crab, or snow crab.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Studies have linked the deaths of billions of snow crabs in the region to warming temperatures.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Some Asian ingredients include spicy xo sauce, Japanese snow crab and A5 Miyazaki Gyu, a top-grade Japanese wagyu beef.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Choose from red king crab, golden king crab, Dungeness crab, or snow crab.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for snow crab
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“Snow crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow%20crab. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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