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punger Now dial.|ˈpʌŋgə(r)| Also 7 pungar. [Of uncertain origin: has been conjectured to represent, in some way, Gr. πάγουρ-ος, L. pagūrus, Fr. pagure (1552 in Hatz.-Darm.).] The large edible crab, Cancer pagurus.
1586Bright Melanch. vi. 28 The softer shel, or crustie are cray fish, the crab, the lobster, the punger. 1611Cotgr., Carbasse, the Crab-fish tearmed a Pungar. 1681Grew Musæum i. v. iv. 120 The Claw of the Punger, or the Velvet-Crab, called Pagurus. 1820T. Mitchell Aristoph., Com. I. 215 Their food was young pungers. 1830tr. Aristoph., Knights 76 They ate pungers instead of medic grass. |