hermit crab

hermit crab

English

Pagurus bernhardus, one species of hermit crab

Wikispecies

Etymology

hermit +‎ crab

Noun

hermit crab (plural hermit crabs)

1. 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.

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 (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 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 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) Vietnamese: ốc mượn hồn (vi), cua kí cư, cua ẩn sĩ Welsh: cranc meddal m, cranc meudwyol m