Paguridae

plural noun

Pa·​gu·​ri·​dae

-rəˌdē

: a cosmopolitan family of anomuran crustaceans that are related to the purse crabs and comprise the typical hermit crabs compare parapaguridae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Pagurus, type genus + -idae

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