Dungeness

/ ˌdʌndʒəˈnɛs /

noun

1. a low shingle headland on the S coast of England, in Kent: two nuclear power stations: automatic lighthouse

Example Sentences

Saturday was opening day for Dungeness crab season.

From Los Angeles Times

It continued: "The kitchen is now under the command of Chef Victoria Blamey, who brings her own style and story to this robust tasting menu. Oyster with kalamansi cream, Dungeness crab empanadas, and surf clams with nixtamalized sweet potato reflect wide-ranging inspiration; and something is always grilling, like dry-aged pheasant or grass-fed lamb."

From Salon

Point Molate, originally Ohlone land, is home to sea hares, bat rays, leopard sharks and river otters in its offshore eelgrass beds, one of the last healthy nurseries for herring and Dungeness crab in the San Francisco Bay estuary.

From Los Angeles Times

From 2014 to 2016, a Pacific Ocean heat wave forced anchovies and other humpback prey closer to shore and into the path of Dungeness crab fishing equipment.

From Los Angeles Times

About half the waterways where it spawned — spanning the Skokomish River on the canal to the Dungeness River near Sequim — lost their entire runs, according to the University of Washington’s Puget Sound Institute.

From Seattle Times