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