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Pagurus

noun

type genus of the family Paguridae

• Syn: ↑genus Pagurus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Paguridae, ↑family Paguridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hermit crab

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\\-rəs\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, crab, from Greek pagouros, from pagos rock + -uros -urus; akin to Greek pēgnynai to fix, fasten — more at pact

1. capitalized : a large cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Paguridae) of hermit crabs

2. -es : kaburi

Useful english dictionary. 2012.