pinnotheres ostreum
1Pinnotheres ostreum — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
2Pinnotheres ostreum — noun tiny soft bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters • Syn: ↑oyster crab • Hypernyms: ↑pea crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheres, ↑genus Pinnotheres …
3Pinnotheres — noun type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs • Syn: ↑genus Pinnotheres • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheridae, ↑family Pinnotheridae • Member Meronyms …
4genus Pinnotheres — noun type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs • Syn: ↑Pinnotheres • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheridae, ↑family Pinnotheridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
5Pinnotheridae — Taxobox name = Pinnotheridae image caption = Pinnotheres pisum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura superfamilia = Pinnotheroidea superfamilia authority = De Haan …
6Oyster crab — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
7pea crab — any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks. [1830 40] * * * ▪ crustacean any member of a genus (Pinnotheres) of crabs (order Decapoda) living in the mantle… …
8pea crab — noun tiny soft bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑crab • Hyponyms: ↑oyster crab, ↑Pinnotheres ostreum • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheres, ↑genus Pinnotheres * * …
9oyster crab — noun tiny soft bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters • Syn: ↑Pinnotheres ostreum • Hypernyms: ↑pea crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheres, ↑genus Pinnotheres …
10Fresh-water oyster — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
