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Word: Pagurid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Stebbing (1835–1926), zoologist and Church of England clergyman. From scientific Latin Paguridae, family name from Pagurus + -idae
Definition:
A decapod crustacean of the family Paguridae or (more widely) the superfamily Paguroidea, including hermit crabs.
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