Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of hermit-crabs of the family Paguridæ. The species have a soft tail and live in the shells of various mollusks. See cut under
cancrisocial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the crustacean family
Paguridae .
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- noun type genus of the family Paguridae
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D. KNOTTS: Yes, on decapods of the genera pagurus.
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D. KNOTTS: Yes, on decapods of the genera pagurus.
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The full-grown common crab (_Cancer pagurus_) is of a reddish-brown colour, the claws tipped black; but some of the young are naturally of the purest white, which remains long unsullied.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Various 1841
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