soft-shelled crab

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Noun	1.	soft-shelled crab - freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexiblesoft-shell crabcrabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
	2.	soft-shelled crab - edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shellsoft-shell crabcrab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers