hermit crab
hermit crab
nounDefinition of HERMIT CRAB
: any of numerous chiefly marine small decapod crustaceans (especially families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having soft asymmetrical abdomens and occupying the empty shells of gastropods
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1735
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