Pagurian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pagurian \Pa*gu"ri*an\, n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr.
     pa`goyros.] (Zool.)
     Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which
     {Pagurus} is a type; the hermit crab. See {Hermit crab},
     under {Hermit}.
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