蟹奴

xiènú

noun

Meanings

1 Sacculina
2 parasitic barnacle of crabs

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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.

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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