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单词 pea crab
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pea crab


noun

any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.

Origin of pea crab

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby pea crab

peacock-flower, peacock ore, peacock plant, peacock's tail, peacock worm, pea crab, peafowl, peag, pea green, peahen, pea jacket
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Example sentences from the Web for pea crab

  • When the pea-crab discovers a supply of food he brings it to his friend, the Pinna, to be divided equally.

    Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
  • Inquiline, in′kwi-lin, adj. living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pea crab

pea crab

noun

any of various globular soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres and related genera that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalves
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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