softshell
Molting crab type
Softshell describes creatures whose shells are pliable rather than hard.
Softshell crabs are blue crabs caught just after molting, before the new shell hardens—prized for being edible whole: I'll have the softshell crab sandwich.
Softshell turtles have leathery, flexible carapaces.
The term also applies to lightweight, flexible outerwear: a softshell jacket.
Vapor-powered vessel
- longneckSlender beer bottle
- geoduckLarge burrowing Pacific clam
- quahogHard-shelled edible clam
- littleneckYoung hard-shell clam
gaper · mollusk · bivalve · chowder · digging · tidal · mudflat · siphon
Protective dorsal exoskeleton
- plastronVentral shell portion
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- terrapinSmall edible marsh turtle
- leatherbackLargest living turtle species
snapping · spiny · freshwater · basking · herpetology · ectothermic · oviparous · hibernation
Capable of bending easily
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- suppleFlexing without damage
- yieldingBending under pressure
- bendableAble to curve
malleable · pliant · tender · delicate · fragile · thin · papery · leathery
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
- moltShed outer covering
- steamedHeated by vapor
- tempuraJapanese battered fried food
sushi · seafood · crustacean · decapod · exoskeleton · carapace · chitin · pliable
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
tender · molting · shedding · perilous · precarious · hiding · regenerating
steamer
Vapor-powered vessel
littleneck · gaper · mollusk · bivalve · chowder · digging · tidal · mudflat · siphon · briny
carapace
Protective dorsal exoskeleton
leatherback · snapping · spiny · freshwater · basking · herpetology · ectothermic · oviparous · hibernation · estivation
pliable
Capable of bending easily
bendable · malleable · pliant · tender · delicate · fragile · thin · papery · leathery · membrane
Chesapeake
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
tempura · sushi · seafood · crustacean · decapod · exoskeleton · carapace · chitin · pliable · brackish
exposed
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
fragile · tender · molting · shedding · perilous · precarious · hiding · regenerating
- outerwearcoat, coats, jacket, jackets, parka
- bivalvesclams, clam, mussels, scallops, mussel
- Chesapeake seafoodblue crabs, blue crab, steamed crabs, steamed crab, Old Bay
- performance materialsnylon, polyester, Gore-Tex, Kevlar, carbon fiber
- windproofingwindbreaker, windscreen, windshield, wind deflector, weatherstrip
- technical fabricsmoisture-wicking fabric, performance fabric, Gore-Tex, ripstop, Kevlar
softshellhardshell
Having rigid outer covering
hard shell · armored · calcified · carapaced · exoskeleton
softshellhardshell
Having rigid outer covering
rigid · polycarbonate · molded
- softshell crabCrab just after molting
- softshell jacketFlexible, weather-resistant outerwear
- softshell turtleTurtle with pliable shell