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pagurid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pagurid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the hermit crabs of family Paguridae, a right-handed hermit crab.

noun

Any hermit crab, any member of superfamily Paguroidea.

Etymology

From translingual Paguridae (“family of right-handed hermit crabs”) or Pagurus (“type genus of hermit crabs”) + -id.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pagurids (plural)

Synonyms

pagurian a right-handed hermit crab hermit crab paguroid

Questions

What does pagurid mean?
Any of the hermit crabs of family Paguridae, a right-handed hermit crab.
Where does pagurid come from?
From translingual Paguridae (“family of right-handed hermit crabs”) or Pagurus (“type genus of hermit crabs”) + -id.

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