hermit crab

English

Pagurus bernhardus, one species of hermit crab

Etymology

hermit +‎ crab

Noun

hermit crab (plural hermit crabs)

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)
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
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

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