hermit crab | | |
n. (animal) | 1. hermit crab | small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods. |
| ~ decapod, decapod crustacean | crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax. |
| ~ genus pagurus, pagurus | type genus of the family Paguridae. |
appropriate | | |
v. (cognition) | 1. allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
v. (possession) | 2. appropriate, capture, conquer, seize | take possession of by force, as after an invasion.; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" |
| ~ take over, usurp, arrogate, seize, assume | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" |
| ~ carry | capture after a fight.; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" |
adj. | 3. appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| ~ befitting | appropriate to.; "behavior befitting a father" |
| ~ grade-appropriate | the quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade. |
| ~ pat | exactly suited to the occasion.; "a pat reply" |
| ~ proper, right | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| ~ apropos | of an appropriate or pertinent nature. |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
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