单词 | pagurian |
释义 | pagurian, a. and n. Zool.|pəˈgjʊərɪən| [f. L. pagūrus, a. Gr. πάγουρος a kind of crab, in mod. Zoology the name of the typical genus of the family Paguridæ or Hermit-crabs: see -ian.] a. adj. Belonging to the genus Pagurus or family Paguridæ of decapod crustaceans. b. n. A crustacean of this genus or family, a hermit crab. So paˈgurid; paˈgurine, paˈguroid adjs. and ns.
1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 130/1 Pagurians, a tribe..of the Anomurous family of crustaceans. 1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites ii. 25 Naturalists have given the name of Cenobitae to some pagurians inhabiting the seas of warmer latitudes. 1893Stebbing Crustacea xi. 162 Many of the Pagurids are very beautifully coloured. 1899L. A. Borradaile in Proc. Zool. Soc. 937 On the Hatching-stage of the Pagurine Land-crabs. Ibid., The land-pagurines might also have lost the whole or a part of their larval life. 1852Dana Crust. i. 53 Three distinct grades of degradation,..i.e., the Dromioid, the Lithodioid, and the Paguroid. |

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