Soft-shelled crab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible
    soft-shell crab.
  2. noun edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
    soft-shell crab.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) See the Note under Crab, 1.

Webster 1913