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hard-shell crab

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hard-shell crab
n.
A marine crab with a fully hardened shell, especially an edible crab in this stage.
hard-shell crab
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a crab, esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shell Compare soft-shell crab
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Noun1.hard-shell crab - edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers


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