Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crab of the genus Pinnotheres, inhabiting as a commensal the shells of various bivalve mollusks, as oysters. P.pisum is an example. See
Pinnotheriidæ .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
crab of the genus Pinnotheres.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
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