English

Alternative forms

• pinnotere

Noun

pinnothere ‎(plural pinnotheres)

1. (obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs. [17th-19th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:

     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 […].

Synonyms

• pea crab