hermit crab

English

Pagurus bernhardus, one species of hermit crab

Noun

hermit crab (plural hermit crabs)

A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen.

Derived terms

thinstripe hermit crab

Translations

crustacean

Bikol Central: umang
Bislama: nakato
Bulgarian: рак пустинник m (rak pustinnik)
Catalan: bernat ermità m
Cebuano: umang
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寄居蟹 (zh) (jìjūxiè), 寄生蟹 (zh) (jìshēngxiè)
Czech: krab poustevníček m, poustevníček severský m
Danish: eremitkrebs c
Dutch: heremietkreeft (nl) m
Finnish: erakkorapu
French: bernard-l’ermite (fr) m
Galician: cangrexo ermitán (gl) m
German: Einsiedlerkrebs m
Greek: πάγουρος (el) m (págouros)
Hungarian: remeterák (hu)
Irish: faocha ghliomaigh f, portán sligreach m
Italian: paguro (it) m, bernardo l’eremita m
Japanese: 宿借り, ヤドカリ (ja) (yadokari)
Latin: pīnotērēs m
Malay: umang-umang
Maori: kāunga, waerau
Norwegian: eremittkreps m
Occitan : bernat-l'ermita m, buòu arput m, piada f
Polish: rak pustelnik m, krab pustelnik m, pustelnik (pl) m
Portuguese: bernardo-eremita m
Russian: рак-отше́льник (ru) m (rak-otšélʹnik)
Scottish Gaelic: partan-tuathal m
Serbo-Croatian: rak samac m
Spanish: cangrejo ermitaño m
Swedish: eremitkräfta c
Thai: ปูเสฉวน (th) (bpuu-sěe-chǔuan)
Turkish: keşiş yengeci
Vietnamese: ốc mượn hồn (vi), cua kí cư, cua ẩn sĩ
Welsh: cranc meddal m, cranc meudwyol m

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