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Meanings of hermit crab in English

Russian
paguroidea
Portuguese
paguroidea
Spanish
cangrejo ermitano
Catalan
paguroidea
Wikidata

Superfamily of crustaceans.

Related terms
paguroidea
Usage of hermit crab in English
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And get this, it's actually a super-sized hermit crab without a shell.
Wired
2
The hermit crab ate the mollusk and made its home in the shell.
Talk of the town
3
The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK.
The Guardian
4
One of Kate and Anna on the beach, crouched over a hermit crab.
My Sister's Keeper
5
I stayed by myself, morosely flipping pebbles at a hermit crab.
Shadows in Bronze
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I'm like a hermit crab that's pulled an office over itself.
Rogues
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He was a real hermit crab of a man, she mused.
Empire in black and gold
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It's hard to go wrong with a hermit crab as your child's first pet.
Wired
9
You know that hermit crab you had in elementary school?
Wired
10
She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell.
The Parasite: A Story
11
Possibly you have heard of the hermit crab that is often found on coastal rocks.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
12
And like a hermit crab, in spirit at least, we take our homes with us.
Sons of the Oak
13
In what way might the Anemone be of use to its partner, the hermit crab?
On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII
14
Once in a while, a hermit crab would spit a handful of sand on him.
The black minutes
15
Their habits are similar to the hermit crab.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
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This crab is known as the hermit crab.
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