单词 | pinnothere |
释义 | † pinnotheren. Obsolete. Any of several small crabs of the genus Pinnotheres, which live commensally in the shells of bivalve molluscs such as mussels or oysters; a pea crab. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Pinnotheridae (pea-crab) pinnothere1601 oyster crab1756 pea crab1836 pinna-guardian1854 pill crab1872 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xxxi. 253 The least of all these kind of Crabs is called Pinnotheres [margin: or Pinnoteres], and for his smalnesse most subject and exposed to take wrong. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 113 The Pinnoter..giving him notice there~of by a little touch, the Pinna doth kill al the fishes with a hard and violent compression of them; so feeding himself..and giving part of them to his fellow. 1822 T. Mitchell tr. Dicast turned Gentleman in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 317 Nay, pinnoteer (I think) might better suit him—'Tis a most dwarfish breed. [Note] The pinnoteer is the smallest of crabs, and here serves to designate Xenocles, the tragedian. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates ii. 5 We see Fierasfers,..accompanied by Palæmons and Pinnotheres in the same animal. DerivativesΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pinnotherian, a. Relating to pea-crabs; belonging to the genus Pinnotheres or the family Pinnotheriidæ. n. A pea-crab. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1601 |
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