DUNGENESS CRAB

Meaning of DUNGENESS CRAB in English

/dun"jeuh nes', dun'jeuh nes"/

an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.

[ 1920-25; after Dungeness, village in NW Washington ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

DUNGENESS CRAB — noun Etymology: Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington Date: 1925 a large edible crab ( Cancer …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DUNGENESS CRAB — Edible crab ( Cancer magister ) found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to lower California, one of the coast's …
Английский словарь Британика
DUNGENESS CRAB — |dənjə|nes- noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: from Dungeness, village on Juan de Fuca strait, northwest Washington : a large …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUNGENESS CRAB — noun Etymology: Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington Date: 1925 : a large edible crab ( …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUNGENESS CRAB — [Dunge.ness crab] n [Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington] (1925): a large edible crab (Cancer magister) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUNGENESS CRAB — (Cancer magister), edible crab (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea), occurring along the Pacific coast from Alaska to lower California; …
Britannica English vocabulary
DUNGENESS CRAB — Pronunciation: ˌ d ə n-j ə - ˌ nes- Function: noun Etymology: Dungeness, village on the Strait of Juan de …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DUNGENESS CRAB — Edible crab ( Cancer magister ) found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to lower California, one of the coast's …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — I Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRAB — crab 1 — crablike , adj. /krab/ , n. , v. , crabbed, crabbing . n. 1. any decapod crustacean …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — I. ˈkrab noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRAB — adj sour; rough; austere. 2. crab ·vt to beat with a crabstick. 3. crab ·noun the zodiacal constellation cancer. 4. …
Webster English vocab
CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUNGENESS — promontory on the south coast of the county of Kent, England. It is a bleak triangle of shingle (gravel), projecting …
Britannica English vocabulary
DUNGENESS — Dungeness BrE AmE ˌdʌn d ʒ‿ ə ˈnes ◂ ▶ ˌ Dungeness ˈ B BrE AmE ▶ ˌ Dungeness ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — crab, Crab BrE AmE kræb ▷ crabbing ˈkræb ɪŋ ▷ crabs kræbz ▶ ˈ crab ˌ apple BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — / kræb; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUNGENESS — Dun ‧ ge ‧ ness /ˌdʌndʒəˈnes◂/ BrE AmE a place in Kent, in southeast England, next to the English Channel, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAB — crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ] [ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — 1. n.1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Oxford English vocab
CRAB — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crab apple hermit crab COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE blue ▪ The body meat of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRAB — n. blue crab Crab Nebula Dungeness crab fiddler crab hermit crab horseshoe crab king crab Japanese crab Alaskan king crab …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — n. Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DUNGENESS — a place on the coast of Kent in England where there are two nuclear power stations. The artist Derek Jarman …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CRAB — I сущ. 1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II 1. сущ. 1) зоол. краб 2) (Crab) Рак (созвездие …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB — crab.ogg _I 1. kræb n 1. 1> зоол. краб ( Brachyure ; тж. true crab) 2> мясо краба canned crab …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRAB — I crab сущ.1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II crab сущ.1) зоол. краб 2) ( Crab) Рак (созвездие …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CRAB — _I 1. kræb n 1. 1> зоол. краб ( Brachyure ; тж. true crab) 2> мясо краба canned crab - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB — I [°Ї‡¤] crab.wav сущ. 1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II [°Ї‡¤] crab.wav 1. сущ. 1) зоол. краб 2) (Crab) Рак (созвездие и знак зодиака) 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CRAB — 1) краб 2) яблоня (Malus) • - American crab - blue crab - box crab - coconut crab - decorator crab - edible crab - fiddler crab - fragrant crab - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CRAB — 1) краб 2) яблоня ( Malus ) • - American crab - blue crab - box crab - coconut crab …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CRAB — 1) ворот, лебёдка, грузовая тележка крана 2) крениться, уклоняться в сторону • - boom crab - ceiling crab - core crab - crane crab - hatch crab - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
CRAB — 1) грузовая тележка (мостового крана) 2) портативная ручная лебёдка; ручная рычажная лебёдка 3) снос; угол сноса (при аэросъёмке) - boom …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
CRAB — I n AmE infml He's scratching like he's got crabs — Он чешется, как будто у него завелись вши II vi infml She …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
CRAB — I n AmE infml He's scratching like he's got crabs — Он чешется, как будто у него завелись вши II …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
CRAB — crab n AmE infml He's scratching like he's got crabs Он чешется, как будто у него завелись вши crab vi …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CRAB — I He's scratching like he's got crabs — Он чешется, как будто у него завелись вши II She did nothing …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
CRAB — I сущ. 1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II 1. сущ. 1) зоол. краб 2) (Crab) Рак (созвездие …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANCER — I. ˈkan(t)sə(r), -ˈaa-, -ˈai- noun Etymology: Middle English, Cancer (sign of the zodiac), from Latin, crab, cancer; akin to Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIG CRAB — noun : dungeness crab
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARKET CRAB. — See dungeness crab .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHELLFISH — any aquatic invertebrate animal having a shell and belonging to the phylum Mollusca, the class Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), or the …
Britannica English vocabulary
RED CRAB — Pacific crab species closely related to the Dungeness crab (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
SHEPWAY — district, southern administrative and historic county of Kent, England, extending along the English Channel coast from north of Folkestone (the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROMNEY MARSH — extensive tract of flat land with an area of about 25,000 acres (about 10,000 hectares) bordering the English Channel in …
Britannica English vocabulary
NEW ROMNEY — Romney ram. town (parish), Shepway district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England. It was formerly one of the medieval …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYDD — town (parish), Shepway district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England. Nearby is the complex shingle spit of Dungeness, on …
Britannica English vocabulary
KENT — administrative, geographic, and historic county of England, lying along the English Channel at the southeastern extremity of Great Britain. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
JONAH CRAB — North American crab species closely related to the Dungeness crab (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
JENKIN, (HENRY CHARLES) FLEEMING — born March 25, 1833, near Dungeness, Kent, Eng. died June 12, 1885, Edinburgh, Scot. British engineer noted for his work …
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ANGLO-DUTCH WARS — also called Dutch Wars, Dutch Engelse Oorlogen (English Wars), the four 17th- and 18th-century naval conflicts between England and the …
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BECALMED — 1. If a sailing ship is becalmed , it is unable to move because there is no wind. We were …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BECALMED — 1. If a sailing ship is ~, it is unable to move because there is no wind. We were ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
REACTOR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fast breeder reactor nuclear reactor COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE advanced ▪ In 1965 the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LUGWORM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Dungeness beach yielded dabs to black lugworm . ▪ It's the water's coat-of-Joseph and its …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES dab perfume on sth (= quickly put perfume on ) ▪ She dabbed some …
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ACOUSTIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN guitar ▪ Electric bass, electric …
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