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hard-shell crab
noun
- a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
hard-shell crab
noun
- a crab, esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shell Compare soft-shell crab
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hard-shell crab1
First recorded in 1900–05
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