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soft-shell
Pronunciation: (sôft'shel", soft'-), [key]—
adj.
Also,soft'-shelled'.having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
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n.
a soft-shell animal, esp. a soft-shell crab.
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