SOFT-SHELL


Meaning of SOFT-SHELL in English

/sawft"shel', soft"-/ , adj.

1. Also, soft-shelled . having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.

n.

2. a soft-shell animal, esp. a soft-shell crab.

[ 1795-1805 ]

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