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 Definitions of hermit crab  [ˈhɜr mɪ tɪdʒ]  

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Definition of 'hermit crab' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hermit crab
any of various crabs, esp. of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that insert their soft, usu. coiled abdomen into the empty shells of gastropod mollusks.

Etymology:  (1725–35)

Definition of 'hermit crab' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hermit crab
small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
Translation of 'hermit crab' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a soft-bodied crab that inhabits the empty shells of other creatures.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kluisenaarkrap Arabic flag Arabic: سرطان بحري يسكن في صدفات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: рак-отшелник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: caranguejo eremita Czech flag Czech: poustevníček German flag German: der Einsiedlerkrebs
Danish flag Danish: eremitkrebs Greek flag Greek: είδος οστρακόδερμου Spanish flag Spanish: cangrejo ermitaño, paguro
Estonian flag Estonian: erakvähk Farsi flag Farsi: نوعی خرچنگ Finnish flag Finnish: erakkorapu
French flag French: bernard-l'ermite Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְזִירַאי Hindi flag Hindi: एक तरह का केकड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: rak pustinjak Hungarian flag Hungarian: remeterák Indonesian flag Indonesian: umang-umang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: einbúakrabbi Italian flag Italian: paguro, bernardo l'eremit Japanese flag Japanese: やどかり
Korean flag Korean: 집게 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krabas-vienuolis Malay flag Malay: umang-umang
Dutch flag Dutch: heremietkreeft Norwegian flag Norwegian: eremittkreps Polish flag Polish: !!rodzaj kraba
Persian flag Persian: نوعی خرچنگ Pashto flag Pashto: یوه دوله خرچنګ Portuguese flag Portuguese: caranguejo eremita
Romanian flag Romanian: crabîn co­chi­lie de melc Russian flag Russian: рак-отшельник Slovak flag Slovak: pustovníček
Slovenian flag Slovenian: rak samotar Serbian flag Serbian: vrsta krabe Swedish flag Swedish: eremitkräfta
Thai flag Thai: ปูเสฉวน Turkish flag Turkish: yalnızcıl yengeç Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 寄居蟹
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рак-пустельник Urdu flag Urdu: قشری کیکڑا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: loài ốc mượn hồn; loài tô
Chinese flag Chinese: 寄居蟹

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