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soft-shell crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
soft--shel-l crab
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and whose new exoskeleton has not yet hardened, rendering the entire animal soft and edible.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

soft-shell crabs (plural)

Synonyms

soft-shelled crab

Questions

What does soft-shell crab mean?
A crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and whose new exoskeleton has not yet hardened, rendering the entire animal soft and edible.

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