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.
Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2. — Edible crab(Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. — Edible frog(Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. — Edible snail(Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.