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Paguridae

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 plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pagurus, type genus + -idae

: 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.