moeca

/moh-EH-kah/moh-EH-keh/
[Italian] plural moeche

A Venetian dialect word for soft-shelled shore crab or green crab about a quarter of the size of their American counterparts. If not at the soft shell stage they are served on the shell and are particularly sought after from April to May.

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