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PINNOTHERES OSTREUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinnotheres ostreum mean?
• PINNOTHERES OSTREUM (noun)
The noun PINNOTHERES OSTREUM has 1 sense:
1. tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
Familiarity information: PINNOTHERES OSTREUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
oyster crab; Pinnotheres ostreum
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)
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