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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crab of the genus Pinnotheres, inhabiting as a commensal the shells of various bivalve mollusks, as oysters. P.pisum is an example. See Pinnotheriidæ.

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  • noun A crab of the genus Pinnotheres.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks

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