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GENUS PAGURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pagurus mean?
• GENUS PAGURUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PAGURUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Paguridae
Familiarity information: GENUS PAGURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Paguridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pagurus; Pagurus
Hypernyms ("genus Pagurus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pagurus"):
hermit crab (small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods)
Holonyms ("genus Pagurus" is a member of...):
family Paguridae; Paguridae (hermit crabs)
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