mussel crab

noun

a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels.

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Nearby words

musquash, musquash root, muss, mussaka, mussel, mussel crab, musselcracker, musset, musset's sign, mussitate, mussitation

Origin of mussel crab

First recorded in 1890–95

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