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Definition: Edible crab
Edible
\Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See
Eat.]
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible
fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.
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Edible bird's nest. See
Bird's nest, 2.
Edible crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food,
esp. the American blue crab (
Callinectes hastatus). See
Crab.
Edible frog (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog (
Rana esculenta
), used as food.
Edible snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp.
Helix pomatia and
H. aspersa of Europe.
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