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GENUS PAGURUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pagurus mean?

• GENUS PAGURUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PAGURUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Paguridae

Familiarity information: GENUS PAGURUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS PAGURUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Pagurus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Paguridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pagurus; Pagurus

Hypernyms ("genus Pagurus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pagurus"):

hermit crab (small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods)

Holonyms ("genus Pagurus" is a member of...):

family Paguridae; Paguridae (hermit crabs)

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