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Noun: hermit crab  hur-mit krab
  1. Small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
    "Children watched in fascination as the hermit crab changed shells on the beach"

Derived forms: hermit crabs

Type of: decapod, decapod crustacean

Part of: genus Pagurus, Pagurus

Encyclopedia: Hermit crab