HERMIT CRAB

Meaning of HERMIT CRAB in English

ˈhermit ˌcrab BrE AmE noun [countable]

a kind of ↑ crab that lives in the empty shells of other sea creatures

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

HERMIT CRAB — noun Date: 1735 any of numerous chiefly marine small decapod crustaceans (especially families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having soft asymmetrical …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HERMIT CRAB — Any crab (families Paguridae and Coenobitidae) that uses empty shells or other hollow objects as a shelter for partial containment …
Английский словарь Британика
HERMIT CRAB — noun Etymology: so called from its living in the empty shells of gastropods, like a hermit in a cave 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERMIT CRAB — any of numerous crabs, esp. of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HERMIT CRAB — n. crab that has no hard shell that lives in empty seashells of gastropods
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HERMIT CRAB — Date: 1735 : any of numerous chiefly marine small decapod crustaceans (especially families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having soft asymmetrical …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HERMIT CRAB — Function: noun Date: 1735 : any of numerous chiefly marine small decapod crustaceans (esp. families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HERMIT CRAB — ■ noun a crab with a soft abdomen, which lives in a cast-off mollusc shell for protection. [Superfamily Paguroidea: many …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HERMIT CRAB — [hermit crab] n (1735): any of numerous chiefly marine decapod crustaceans (esp. families Diogenidae, Paguridae, and Parapaguridae) having soft asymmetrical …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HERMIT CRAB — any crab of the families Paguridae and Coenobitidae (order Decapoda of the subclass Crustacea). The crabs use empty snail shells …
Britannica English vocabulary
HERMIT CRAB — noun a crab (= a sea creature with eight legs and, usually, a hard shell) that has no shell of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HERMIT CRAB — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell. ▪ A hermit crab …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HERMIT CRAB — Any crab (families Paguridae and Coenobitidae) that uses empty shells or other hollow objects as a shelter for partial containment …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HERMIT CRAB — (зоология) рак-отшельник (Paguridae, Parapaguridae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERMIT CRAB — зоол. рак-отшельник ( Paguridae, Parapaguridae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HERMIT-CRAB — _n. рак-отшельник
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ.рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HERMIT CRAB — зоол. рак-отшельник ( Paguridae, Parapaguridae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HERMIT CRAB — зоол. рак-отшельник ( Paguridae, Parapaguridae )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HERMIT CRAB — n. рак отшельник
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HERMIT CRAB — n. рак отшельник
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HERMIT-CRAB — _n. рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HERMIT-CRAB — n. рак-отшельник
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HERMIT-CRAB — рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERMIT CRAB — (зоология) рак-отшельник (Paguridae, Parapaguridae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERMIT — eremite (-age), anacoret, solitario
English interlingue dictionary
HERMIT — noun Etymology: Middle English heremite, eremite, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin eremita, from Late Greek erēmitēs, from Greek, adjective, living …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HERMIT — or eremite Individual who shuns society to live in solitude, often for religious reasons. The first Christian hermits appeared in …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAB — I Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERMIT — ˈhərmə̇t, ˈhə̄m-, ˈhəim-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ermite, eremite, hermite, heremite, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERMIT — (n.) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.
Английский словарь Webster
HERMIT — (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
Английский словарь Webster
HERMIT — (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives …
Английский словарь Webster
HERMIT — ( n. ) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HERMIT — ( n. ) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HERMIT — — hermitic, hermitical, hermitish , adj. — hermitically , adv. — hermitlike , adj. — hermitry, hermitship , n. /herr"mit/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — crab 1 — crablike , adj. /krab/ , n. , v. , crabbed, crabbing . n. 1. any decapod crustacean …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HERMIT — n. loner; one who lives apart from people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRAB — I. ˈkrab noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HERMIT — noun Etymology: Middle English heremite, eremite, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin eremita, from Late Greek erēmitēs, from Greek, adjective, living …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HERMIT — noun a beadsman; one bound to pray for another. 2. hermit ·add. ·noun a spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped …
Webster English vocab
CRAB — adj sour; rough; austere. 2. crab ·vt to beat with a crabstick. 3. crab ·noun the zodiacal constellation cancer. 4. …
Webster English vocab
HERMIT — ■ noun a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. ↘a reclusive or solitary person. Derivatives ~ic adjective Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HERMIT — [her.mit] n [ME eremite, fr. OF, fr. LL eremita, fr. LGk eremites, fr. Gk, adj., living in the desert, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HERMIT — any of several hummingbird species of the genus Phaethornis. See hummingbird. also called Eremite, one who retires from society, primarily …
Britannica English vocabulary
HERMIT — hermit BrE AmE ˈhɜːm ɪt § -ət AmE ˈhɝːm- ▷ hermit|s s ▶ ˈ hermit crab BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — crab, Crab BrE AmE kræb ▷ crabbing ˈkræb ɪŋ ▷ crabs kræbz ▶ ˈ crab ˌ apple BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — / kræb; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB — crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ] [ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HERMIT — n. 1 an early Christian recluse. 2 any person living in solitude. øhermit-crab any crab of the family Paguridae that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HERMIT — n. 1 an early Christian recluse. 2 any person living in solitude. hermit-crab any crab of the family Paguridae that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HERMIT — n.1 an early Christian recluse. 2 any person living in solitude. Phrases and idioms: hermit-crab any crab of the family …
Oxford English vocab
CRAB — 1. n.1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Oxford English vocab
HERMIT — ( hermits) A hermit is a person who lives alone, away from people and society. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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