| 单词 | soft crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft crab soft crab n. a crab that has shed its shell and is awaiting the hardening of the new one; a softshell crab. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage soft crab1737 softshell crab1806 megalopa1815 buster1855 megalops1855 shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 shedder1872 prawn-stage1896 fat crab1905 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 229 Their Bait..is generally a soft Crab. 1805 R. Parkinson Tour Amer. 315 Soft crabs..are reckoned great dainties. 1921 W. C. McIntosh Resorces of Sea ii. 52 Many hermit-crabs, sea-acorns (Balani), and Galatheæ are returned to the sea alive. No injury to soft crabs was observed. 2009 Chesapeake Life Nov. 60/2 The last of the season's softcrabs, crusted in masa, were as sweet and as good as they should be. < as lemmas |
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