| 单词 | softshell crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoftshell crab softshell crab n. U.S. 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. 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 1806 Monthly Mag. Feb. 28/2 The soft shell crab is the greatest delicacy. 1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 456 Baltimore,..the home of the soft-shell crab, the diamond-back terrapin. 1977 E. Leonard Unknown Man No. 89 xx. 202 Softshell crabs, very good fish, steak. 2011 New Yorker 15 Aug. 44/2 One has to eat the chitinous exoskeleton, but the same is true for soft-shell crab. < as lemmas |
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