A type of large edible crab (Chionoecetes bairdi), found in cold Pacific waters, also known as the snow crab or tanner crab.
Scientific name from the genus Chionoecetes and species 'bairdi,' likely named after someone involved in early scientific classification or research on Pacific crabs.
Bairdi crabs are harvested in massive quantities in Alaska—a word most people don't know exists is actually describing one of the most economically important seafood species worldwide.
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