glaucothoe

noun

glau·​coth·​oe

glȯˈkäthəˌwē

plural -s

: a young hermit crab that has completed the swimming larval stages

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, perhaps irregular from Latin glaucus or Greek glaukos

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