soldier crab

noun

1. a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers

Example Sentences

He puts them on and wears them, as a soldier crab puts on and wears an empty shell.

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Parasites also are found in messmates; the soldier-crab gives lodging to the sexual Eustoma truncata in its interior.

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The Child clapped his hands for pleasure, and longed to see the soldier-crab and make him ashamed of himself.

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And the Soldier-crab withdrew his long legs from the pebble, and marched away with a braggadocio air among the sea-weeds.

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The case of the hermit or soldier crab was more conclusive, being the result of conscious choice.

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