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蟹奴

xiènú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sacculina
  2. 2 parasitic barnacle of crabs

Characters

蟹
xiè
crab
奴
nú
slave

Examples

蟹奴是一种寄生在螃蟹身上的藤壶。
Xiènú shì yī zhǒng jìshēng zài pángxiè shēnshàng de ténghú.
Sacculina is a barnacle that parasitizes crabs.
被蟹奴感染的螃蟹无法繁殖。
Bèi xiènú gǎnrǎn de pángxiè wúfǎ fánzhí.
Crabs infected by Sacculina cannot reproduce.

Tips

memory
Literally "crab slave" — the parasite takes over its host so completely that it castrates the crab and hijacks its behavior, forcing it to care for parasite eggs as if they were its own.

Stroke Order

蟹 xiè
奴 nú

Related Words

红蟹 hóngxiè
red crab / any of several crabs with a red carapace; in particular the Christmas Island red crab or Chinese 石蟹
奴隶 núlì HSK 7 #3,159
slave
蟹 xiè #9,528
crab
溪蟹 xīxiè
freshwater crab (family Potamidae) / mountain stream crab
香辣蟹 xiānglàxiè
spicy stir-fried crab / Sichuan-style fragrant-spicy crab
奴 nú #6,582
slave / servant
螃蟹 pángxiè #7,425
crab
固城湖大闸蟹 gùchénghúdàzháxiè
Gucheng Lake hairy crab (Chinese mitten crab from Gucheng Lake, Gaochun, Jiangsu)
关公蟹 guāngōngxiè
Heikegani; samurai crab (Heikeopsis japonica), a small crab whose carapace resembles a scowling human face
狸奴 línú
(classical) cat / literary pet name for a house cat
蟹奴 xiènú
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