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pagurian

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə gyŏŏr′ē ən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pa•gu•ri•an  (pə gyŏŏr′ē ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebrates a hermit crab, esp. of the genus Pagurus.

adj. 
  1. Invertebratespertaining to or characteristic of a hermit crab.
  • Greek págouros, equivalent. to pág(os) rock, something hard + our(á) tail + -os noun, nominal suffix) + -ian
  • Neo-Latin Pagur(us) the type genus (Latin: crab
  • 1830–40

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