soft-shell crab

English Thesaurus

1. edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	crab,
definition	:	decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal)

2. freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible (noun.food)

hypernym	:	crab, crabmeat,
definition	:	the edible flesh of any of various crabs (noun.food)