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PAGURIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Paguridae mean?
• PAGURIDAE (noun)
The noun PAGURIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hermit crabs
Familiarity information: PAGURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hermit crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Paguridae; Paguridae
Hypernyms ("Paguridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Paguridae"):
genus Pagurus; Pagurus (type genus of the family Paguridae)
Holonyms ("Paguridae" is a member of...):
Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)
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