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From Longman Dictionary

hermit ˌcrab noun [countable]

a kind of crab that lives in the empty shells of other sea creatures

Example

Anyone who has tried to remove a hermit crab from its shell will know how tenacious these creatures can be

A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell

A hermit crab sticks sand and weed on its shell, and all Jay’s glitz was camouflage

But the cowbird and hermit crab can make no such claims

Suitably sized shells are often in short supply and in some areas this limits the hermit crab population