soft-shell
Also soft-shelled . having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
a soft-shell animal, especially a soft-shell crab.
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Pine nuts, bacon, soft-shell crab—these are the flavors of caterpillars, beetles, and tarantulas, if you can believe it.
Cicadas, Grasshoppers, Locusts, Ants Among the Tastiest Insects | Nina Strochlic | May 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWith their meatier body, tarantulas are said to taste like to soft-shell crab or shrimp.
Cicadas, Grasshoppers, Locusts, Ants Among the Tastiest Insects | Nina Strochlic | May 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is partial to the “soft-shell” crabs and small tortoises common in the American waters.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne ReidAlso deviled whitebait; also shrimps of choice quality; and a platter of small soft-shell crabs of a most superior breed.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)There is a weir in the river, in the deep waters of which it is said there are a very great number of soft-shell tortoises.
Before soft shell crabs are cooked, the sand-pocket and spongy substances under the edges of the shell should be removed.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanThe soft-shell crab is blanched five minutes, and fried like fish.
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