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hard-shell crab

noun

a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.

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Nearby words

hard-rock, hard-sell, hard-set, hard-shell, hard-shell clam, hard-shell crab, hard-spun, hard-surface, hard-ticket, hard-wearing, hard-wired

Origin of hard-shell crab

First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for hard-shell crab

hard-shell crab

noun

a crab, esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shellCompare soft-shell crab
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