hard-shell crab

hard-shell crab

n.

A marine crab with a fully hardened shell, especially an edible crab in this stage.

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hard-shell crab

n

(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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hard′-shell` crab′

n.

a crab, esp. an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.

[1900–05]

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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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