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Definition of Soft-shelled 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-shelled Crab

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Literary usage of Soft-shelled crab

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The soft-shelled crab of the markets is Calli- "fcta sapidus; it is so called from being cap- hired soon after molting, when its shell is still soft. ..."

2. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Name four living and one fossil example of the decapod crustaceans. 5. How many eggs does a lobster lay at one time ? 6. What is a "soft-shelled " crab ? 7. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The soft-shelled crab of the markets is Ncp- t и mix hastatus; it is so-called from being captured soon after molting, when its shell is still soft. ..."

4. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The soft-shelled crab is a species common along our Atlantic coast. It is "soft-shelled " only at the time of molting, and has to be caught in the few days ..."

5. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The soft-shelled crab is a species common along our Atlantic coast. It is "soft-shelled " only at the time of molting, and has to be caught in the few days ..."

6. The Study of Nature by Samuel Christian Schmucker (1908)
"... too, in crabs and lobsters, and it is the common crab, just after he has thus cast his shell, that is sold in the markets as a soft-shelled crab. ..."

7. The Study of Nature by Samuel Christian Schmucker (1908)
"... too, in crabs and lobsters, and it is the common crab, just after he has thus cast his shell, that is sold in the markets as a soft-shelled crab. ..."

8. First Lessons in Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1903)
"teen feet from tip to tip of extended legs; the carapace is only as many inches in width or length. The soft-shelled crab is a ..."

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