soft-shell crab

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
soft-shell crab
    n 1: freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and
         flexible [syn: {soft-shell crab}, {soft-shelled crab}]
    2: edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its
       new shell [syn: {soft-shell crab}, {soft-shelled crab}]
    

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