Pa-gū'ri-an, n.

n. [From Lat. pa-gurus, Gr. πάγουρος, a kind of crab, lit. hardtail, from πηγνύναι, to fix, and οὐρά, tail.] (Zool.) One of a tribe of anomoural decapod crustaceans, of which the Pagurus, or Hermit crab, is the type. Most of the species inhabit the deserted shells of univalves.