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hard-shelled crab

hard-shelled crab: ☆ hard-shelled crab or hard-shell crab

n.

a crab, esp. an edible sea crab, before it has shed its hard shell

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hard-shell crab — noun Date: 1902 a crab that has not recently shed its shell called also hard shelled crab … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-shelled crab — noun see hard shell crab … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-shelled crab — Макаров: краб с твёрдым панцирем … Универсальный англо-русский словарь

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hard crab — Any crab that has not recently molted and is very hard, due to compounds of calcium and other minerals in the shell. (Syn. hard shelled crab) [Bliss, 1982] … Crustacea glossary
-shelled — [sheld] combining form having a (specified kind of) shell [hard shelled crab] * * * … Universalium

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краб с твёрдым панцирем — 1) General subject: hard shell, hard shell 2) Makarov: hard shelled crab … Универсальный русско-английский словарь