soft-shell crab

soft-shell crab

noun
a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.

Origin:
1835–45
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soft-shell crab
 
n
Compare hard-shell crab a crab, esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has recently moulted and has not yet formed its new shell

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