καρκῐν-ιον · karkin-ion — LSJ
hermit-crab, Pagurus
Dim. of καρκίνος, hermit-crab, Pagurus, Arist. HA 529b20; a smaller species, ib. 547b17.
II
= καρκίνος III, Hp. Morb. 2.37.
III slipper
a kind of slipper, in pl., Herod. 7.128.
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καρκῐν-ιον
karkinion · τό
hermit-crab, Pagurus
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