Etymology

shedder

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Today it means: A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft. Full definition →

Middle English schedere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromschedere“killer”
  2. English todayshedder

From Middle English schedere (“killer”); equivalent to shed + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.