pagurus

noun

pa·​gu·​rus

-rəs

1

capitalized : a large cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Paguridae) of hermit crabs

2

plural -es : kaburi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, crab, from Greek pagouros, from pagos rock + -uros -urus; akin to Greek pēgnynai to fix, fasten

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