Usually means: Crustacean with a temporarily flexible exoskeleton.
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  1. soft-shell: Merriam-Webster
  2. soft-shell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. soft-shell, soft-shell: Collins English Dictionary
  4. soft-shell: Wordnik
  5. soft-shell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. soft-shell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. soft-shell: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. soft-shell: Dictionary.com
  9. Soft-shell: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Soft-shell: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. soft-shell: FreeDictionary.org
  12. soft-shell: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. soft-shell: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of softshell [(zoology) Having a relatively soft shell.]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of softshell [A softshell turtle (Trionychidae).]

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Soft-shell clam, Soft-shell crab, soft-shell tortoise, soft-shell clams, soft-shell turtle, more...

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Soft-shell clam, Soft-shell crab, soft-shell tortoise, soft-shell clams, soft-shell turtle, more...




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