a crab that has shed its shell and is awaiting the hardening of the new one; a softshell crab.
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage (10) soft crab1737 a crab that has shed its shell and is awaiting the hardening of the new one; a softshell crab. softshell crab1806 a crab that has shed its shell and is awaiting the hardening of the new one, enabling most of the animal to be eaten; also called soft crab. megalopa1815 = megalops, n. 2. buster1855 U.S. (chiefly regional). A crab in the process of moulting, whose old shell has begun to split. megalops1855 A free-swimming larval stage in the developments of crabs, following the zoea stage and having the adult number of trunk segments and legs, and… shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 A crab or crayfish when it casts its shell. Also more fully peeler crab. shedder1872 spec. A name for a crab during the period when it is casting its covering integument or shell. prawn-stage1896 a prawn-like stage in the development of a crab; = megalops, n. 2. fat crab1905 a crab ready to shed its shell. |
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