noun
hermit crabs
• Syn: ↑family Paguridae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Pagurus, ↑genus Pagurus
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\\-rəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a cosmopolitan family of anomuran crustaceans that are related to the purse crabs and comprise the typical hermit crabs — compare parapaguridae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.