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pinnotheres

pinnotheres is the plural of pinnothere.

Meaning of pinnothere

Noun

pinnothere (plural pinnotheres)

  1. (obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.
    • The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish, and as his porter or usher waits upon him, attending the opening of the Nacre[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    pea crab

Questions about pinnotheres

What is pinnotheres the plural of?
Pinnotheres is the plural of pinnothere.

Words near pinnotheres in the dictionary

  1. pinnock
  2. pinnocks
  3. pinnoite
  4. pinnoites
  5. pinnothere
  6. pinnotheres
  7. pinnotherid
  8. pinnotherids
  9. Pinnow
  10. Pinnows
  11. pinnula

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