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Definition of Soft-shell crab

1. Noun. Freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible.

2. Noun. Edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-shell Crab

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Literary usage of Soft-shell crab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"The soft-shell crab is condemned as food in Europe, it being considered ... However, in this country the procuring of the soft-shell crab is a great and ..."

2. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"The Soft- Shell Crab Is now being shipped North, and Is a popular feature of ... The Soft- Shell Crab is found the year around in the famous French Market. ..."

3. Concepts of Philosophy by Alexander Thomas Ormond (1906)
"Let b stand for protoplasm and a for some present form of animal existence, say a soft-shell crab: the proposition 6=a will then have true genetic character ..."

4. Oysters and Fish by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1888)
"A soft-shell or shedder lobster, unlike the soft-shell crab, is not edible, and if eaten is likely to produce ill effects. In a soft condition the lobster ..."

5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1859)
"soft-shell crab, or SOFT-CRAB. See Shedder Crab. SOFT-SHELL DEMOCRATS, SOFT-SHELLS, or SOFTS. The less conservative division of the New York ..."

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