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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Edible

/ĕd'-əb-əl/ · Ed·i·ble · IPA /ˈɛdəbəl/
01 a. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
  1. 1.
    Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
Phrases & compounds
Edible bird's nest — See Bird's nest, 2.
Edible crab — any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.
Edible frog — the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food.
Edible snail — any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.