Definition of Pagurid

1. pagurian [n -S] - See also: pagurian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagurid

pagoclone
pagod
pagoda cell
pagoda tree
pagodalike
pagodas
pagodite
pagods
pagophagia
pagri
pagris
paguma
pagurian
pagurians
pagurid (current term)
pagurids
pahasapaite
pahautea
pahekas
pahi
pahlavis
pahoehoe
pahoehoes
pahoihoi
pahs
pahutes
paid
paid-up
paid for

Literary usage of Pagurid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"That the parasites are not injured by the movement of the pagurid within the mollusc shell is explained in this way. - The hermit by its terminal appendages ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1871)
"4-9 ; it feeds on Sacculina purpurea, Fr. Müll., which is a parasite of the same pagurid, and it belongs to the subgenus lone. Four other species found in ..."

3. Contributions from the Anatomical Laboratory by Brown University Anatomical Laboratory (1905)
"However, the multiform and possibly polyphyletic nature of the pagurid group must not be overlooked. So that no general conclusion can safely be based on ..."

4. Zoology: Being a Sketch of the Classification, Structure, Distribution, and by William Benjamin Carpenter (1845)
"E; and also the family pagurid^E, or Hermit-Crabs, which are very peculiar as to ... For the protection of their soft tails, the pagurid(B resort to various ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Among them may be mentioned as of special interest a pagurid inhabiting the tube of the Annelid Pecti- naria. A noteworthy extension of geographic range in ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PAGURUS, or pagurid^ffi. See HERMIT-CRABS. PAHANG, pa-hang', Indo-China, one of the federated Malay states under British protection, on the east coast of ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1891)
"... the remarkable power of dissolving away the hard molluscan shell, and replacing it with its own sand-impregnated tissues. The shelter of the pagurid or ..."

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