hermit crabs

  • 21soldier crab — Hermit Her mit, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. ?, fr. ? lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so… …

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  • 22Turdus Pallasii — Hermit Her mit, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. ?, fr. ? lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so… …

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  • 23Coconut crab — Coconut crab …

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  • 24crab — crab1 crablike, adj. /krab/, n., v., crabbed, crabbing. n. 1. any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.… …

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  • 25Calcinus tubularis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum …

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  • 26decapod — decapodan /deuh kap euh dn/, adj., n. decapodous, adj. /dek euh pod /, n. 1. any crustacean of the order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking legs, including the crabs, lobsters, crayfish, prawns, and shrimps. 2. any dibranchiate cephalopod… …

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  • 27malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …

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  • 28Clibanarius digueti — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum …

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  • 29Crab — For other uses, see Crab (disambiguation). Crabs Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent …

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  • 30Diogenidae — Diogenes pugilator Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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