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hermit crab
noun
any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
Origin:
1725–35
1725–35
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Hermit crab
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| hermit crab | |
| —n | |
| any small soft-bodied decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus and related genera, living in and carrying about the empty shells of whelks or similar molluscs | |
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