HERMIT CRAB

Meaning of HERMIT CRAB in English

noun Date: 1735 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

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

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
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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 — ˈhermit ˌcrab BrE AmE noun [countable] a kind of ↑ crab that lives in the empty shells of other sea …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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 )
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HERMIT CRAB — n. рак отшельник
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HERMIT CRAB — n. рак отшельник
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HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HERMIT-CRAB — сущ. рак-отшельник
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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)
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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

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