hard-shell crab


noun

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

Origin of hard-shell crab

First recorded in 1900–05

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 shell Compare soft-shell crab