Usually means: Crab molted, shell still soft.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word soft-shell crab:

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  1. soft-shell crab: Merriam-Webster
  2. soft-shell crab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. soft-shell crab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. soft-shell crab, soft-shell crab: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soft-shell crab: Vocabulary.com
  6. soft-shell crab: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. soft-shell crab: Dictionary.com
  8. Soft-shell crab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. soft-shell crab: Rhymezone
  10. soft-shell crab: FreeDictionary.org
  11. soft-shell crab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. soft-shell crab, Soft-shell crab: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Soft-shell crab)

▸ noun:  a culinary term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.


Opposite:
hard-shell crab

Types:
king crab, snow crab, dungeness crab, blue crab, more...

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Opposite:
hard-shell crab

Types:
king crab, snow crab, dungeness crab, blue crab, more...




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