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soldier-crab
[Cf. soldier n. 3 b.]
The hermit-crab.
1668Charleton Onomast. 177 Cancellus,..the little Souldier-Crab. 1681Grew Musæum i. v. iv. 121 The Naked-Shrimp, commonly called The Souldier-Crab. 1735Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 115 Others call them Soldier-Crabs, resembling them to Soldiers in Centinels Boxes. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1790) VI. 370 The animal I mean is the Soldier Crab, which has some similitude to the lobster, if divested of its shell. 1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 92 Termed indiscriminately Soldier-crabs and Hermit-crabs. 1882Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 204 The friendship..between Soldier Crabs and Sea Anemones is very remarkable. |