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PINNOTHERES OSTREUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
Synonyms:
oyster crab; Pinnotheres ostreum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pinnotheres ostreum" is a kind of...):
pea crab (tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks)
Holonyms ("Pinnotheres ostreum" is a member of...):
genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres (type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs)