hermit crab

English

Pagurus bernhardus, one species of hermit crab

Wikispecies

Etymology

hermit +‎ crab

Noun

hermit crab (plural hermit crabs)

1. A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen.

Translations

crustacean

• Bikol Central: umang
• Bulgarian: рак пустинник m (rak pustinnik)
• Catalan: bernat ermità m
• Cebuano: umang
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寄居蟹 (zh) (jìjūxiè), 寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)

• Danish: eremitkrebs c
• Dutch: heremietkreeft (nl) m
• Finnish: erakkorapu
• French: bernard-l’ermite (fr) m
• German: Einsiedlerkrebs m
• Greek: πάγουρος (el) m (págouros)
• Hungarian: remeterák
• Irish: faocha ghliomaigh f, portán sligreach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: paguro (it) m, bernardo l’eremita m
• Japanese: 宿借り, ヤドカリ (ja) (yadokari)
• Malay: umang-umang
• Maori: kāunga
• Norwegian: eremittkreps m
• Polish: rak pustelnik m, krab pustelnik m
• Portuguese: bernardo-eremita m
• Russian: рак-отше́льник (ru) m (rak-otšélʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: partan-tuathal m
• Serbo-Croatian: rak samac m
• Spanish: cangrejo ermitaño m
• Swedish: eremitkräfta n
• Thai: ปูเสฉวน (bpuu-sěe-chǔuan)
• Vietnamese: ốc mượn hồn (vi), cua kí cư, cua ẩn sĩ
• Welsh: cranc meddal m, cranc meudwyol m