Etymology

pagurid

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Today it means: Any of the hermit crabs of family Paguridae, a right-handed hermit crab. Full definition →

translingual Paguridae
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  1. translingual · derived fromPaguridae“family of right-handed hermit crabs”
  2. English todaypagurid

From translingual Paguridae (“family of right-handed hermit crabs”) or Pagurus (“type genus of hermit crabs”) + -id.

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