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Hermit Crab

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Noun

1. hermit crab

small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods

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Hermit Crab

see synonyms of hermit crab
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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Hermit Crab

see synonyms of hermit crab
any of various crabs (esp. family Paguridae) that have asymmetrical, soft abdomens and live in the empty shells of certain mollusks, as snails

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Hermit Crab

see synonyms of hermit crab
n.
Any of various decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have a soft asymmetrical abdomen and occupy the empty shells of gastropod mollusks.

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