Meaning Of The Word Hermit crab

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Hermit crab Meaning

Hermit crab Definition
Hermit crab Definition

What's The Definition Of Hermit crab?

hermit crab in American English
any of various crabs (esp. family Paguridae) that have asymmetrical, soft abdomens and live in the empty shells of certain mollusks, as snails
noun: any of numerous crabs, esp. of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk

hermit crab in British English
noun: 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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