pea crab
noun
any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.
Origin of pea crab
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby pea crab
pe-tsai cabbage,
pea,
pea aphid,
pea bean,
pea coal,
pea crab,
pea green,
pea jacket,
pea rifle,
pea soup,
pea tree
Example sentences from the Web for pea crab
When the pea-crab discovers a supply of food he brings it to his friend, the Pinna, to be divided equally.
Digby Heathcote |W.H.G. KingstonInquiline, in′kwi-lin, adj. living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.
British Dictionary definitions for pea crab
pea crab
noun
any of various globular soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres and related genera that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalves