hermit crab
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The meaning (definition) of the word hermit crab
a crab that lives in a borrowed shell
The word hermit crab used in a sentence
“The hermit crab carries its borrowed shell everywhere it goes.”
The plural of the word hermit crab
hermit crabs
How the word hermit crab is said around the world
| French | bernard-l'hermite (bernahrlermeet) |
| Spanish | cangrejo ermitaño (kahnggraykhoh ayrmeetahnyoh) |
| Mandarin | 寄居蟹 (jì jū xiè) |
| Hindi | एकांतवासी केकड़ा (aykahntvahsee kaykrah) |
| Arabic | سرطان البحر الناسك (sahrahtahn ahlbahr ahnnahseek) |
| Russian | рак-отшельник (rak-otshel'nik) |
| Portuguese (EU) | caranguejo-eremita (kuhruhnnggwayzhuuayrimeetuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | caranguejo-eremita (kahruhnnggayzhuuayraymeeta) |
| Japanese | ヤドカリ (yadokari) |
| German | Einsiedlerkrebs (eyenzeedlurkrayps) |
| Urdu | ہرمٹ کیکڑا (huruhmuht kaykrah) |
| Punjabi | ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਕੇਕੜਾ (suhnniahsee kaykuhrah) |
| Korean | 소라게 (sorage) |
| Hebrew | סרטן נזיר (srtnuh nzeer) |
| Greek | παγούρι ερημίτης (pagouri eremites) |
| Dutch | heremietkrab (heraymeetkrahp) |
| Tagalog | alimango (ahleemahngoh) |
| Vietnamese | cua ẩn sĩ (koouh uhn see) |
| Turkish | yengeç (yangyech) |
| Persian | خرچنگ گوشهگیر (khahrchahng gooshaygeer) |
| Polish | biernatek (byernahtek) |
| Ukrainian | рак-відлюдник (rak-vidlyudnyk) |
| Bengali | হার্মিট ক্র্যাব (hahrmeet krab) |
| Swedish | eremitkräfta (ayruhmitkruhftah) |
| Italian | paguro (pahgooroh) |
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