hermit crab

/ˌhʌrmət ˈkræb/
/ˈhʌmɪt kræb/
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Other forms: hermit crabs

Definitions of hermit crab
  1. noun
    small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
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    type of:
    decapod, decapod crustacean
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
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