| 释义 |
car·ci·noe·ci·um
\ˌkärsəˈnēs(h)ēəm\ noun
(plural carcinoe·cia \-s(h)ēə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from carcin- + -oecium (from Greek oikion house, nest, diminutive of oikos house) — more at vicinity
: a colony of zoanthidean anemones (genus Epizoanthus) enclosing a hermit crab after dissolving the shell in which the crab lodged |