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Noun: soft-shell crab
  1. Freshly moulted crab with new shell still tender and flexible
    - soft-shelled crab
     
  2. Edible crab that has recently moulted and not yet formed its new shell
    - soft-shelled crab

Derived forms: soft-shell crabs

Type of: crab, crabmeat

Encyclopedia: Soft-shell crab

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