Look up: Hermit-crab

1. hermit crab
   [n] - small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
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2. hermit crab
   noun small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
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3. hermit crab
   any crab of the families Paguridae and Coenobitidae (order Decapoda of the subclass Crustacea). The crabs use empty snail shells (e.g., whelk or ... [5 related articles]
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4. hermit crab
   hermit crab, a crustacean distinguished from true crabs by its long, soft, spirally coiled abdomen terminating in an asymmetrically hooked tail. Most hermit crabs protect this vulnerable portion of their bodies by occupying the empty shells of periwinkles, whelks, and other gastropod mollusks. A few...
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5. Hermit crab
   `Hermit crabs` are decapod accessdate=August 12, 2006-->--> Most of the 1100 species possess an asymmetrical abdomen which is concealed in an empty gastropod shell that is carried around by the hermit crab. Description: Most species have long, spirally curved abdomens, which are soft, unlike the har...
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6. Hermit-Crab
   Hermit-crab is the popular name of the Paguridae family of decapod crustaceans. They take possession of and occupy cast-off univalve shells of various molluscs, carrying this habitation about with them, and changing it for a larger one as they increase in size.
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