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soft-shell

[sawft-shel, soft-]
–adjective
1. Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
–noun
2. a soft-shell animal, esp. a soft-shell crab.

Origin:
1795–1805
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