HARD-SHELL CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard-shell crab mean? 

• HARD-SHELL CRAB (noun)
  The noun HARD-SHELL CRAB has 1 sense:

1. edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell

  Familiarity information: HARD-SHELL CRAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD-SHELL CRAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hard-shell crab" is a kind of...):

crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)