Pinnotheres

Pinnotheres
noun
type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
• Syn: ↑genus Pinnotheres
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheridae, ↑family Pinnotheridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑pea crab, ↑oyster crab, ↑Pinnotheres ostreum

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\\ˌpinəˈthi(ˌ)rēz\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pinoteres, pinotheres crab living in the mantle cavity of the pen shell, from Greek pinotērēs, from pino- (from pinē pen shell) + -tērēs (from tērein to guard) — more at pain
: a genus (the type of the family Pinnotheridae) of small crabs (as the oyster crab and the pea crab) having usually a thin membranous covering and living as commensals in the mantle cavity of various bivalve mollusks or in some similar cavity in other marine animals

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  • Pinnotheres pisum — Pea Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pinnotheres ostreum — noun tiny soft bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters • Syn: ↑oyster crab • Hypernyms: ↑pea crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheres, ↑genus Pinnotheres …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pinnotheres ostreum — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • genus Pinnotheres — noun type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs • Syn: ↑Pinnotheres • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnotheridae, ↑family Pinnotheridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pinnotheridae — Taxobox name = Pinnotheridae image caption = Pinnotheres pisum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura superfamilia = Pinnotheroidea superfamilia authority = De Haan …   Wikipedia

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