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单词 pagurian
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paguriann.adj.

Brit. /pəˈɡjʊərɪən/, U.S. /pəˈɡjʊriən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pagurus , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pagurus, genus name (J. C. Fabricius Systema Entomologiae (1775) 410; < classical Latin pagūrus a kind of crab < ancient Greek πάγουρος < πάγος that which is fixed (see -pagus comb. form) + οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form2) + -ian suffix.The name Pagurus was earlier applied in post-classical Latin to various kinds of crab, especially to the common edible crab of Europe (called Cancer pagurus by Linnaeus 1758) and to a North American shore crab (called Pagurus maculatus in Edwards's edition of Catesby's Nat. Hist. Carolina (1771) II. 36).
Zoology. rare.
A. n.
= pagurid n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Paguridae of Anomura
hermit-fish1605
hermit1661
soldier1666
soldier-crab1668
wrong-heir1730
hermit-crab1736
pagurian1840
hermit-lobster1850
pirate1857
paguroid1879
Jack-in-the-box1889
pagurid1893
pagurine1899
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 130/1 Pagurians, a tribe..of the Anomurous family of crustaceans.
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates ii. 25 Naturalists have given the name of Cenobitae to some pagurians inhabiting the seas of warmer latitudes.
B. adj.
= pagurid adj.
ΚΠ
1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Pagurian.., of or pertaining to the genus Pagurus.
1975 G. Mitchell Convent on Styx xiv. 160 ‘Poetical, profane, picturesque and pagurian.’ ‘Pagurian?’ queried Fennell. ‘Partaking of the nature of the hermit-crab.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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