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bernard-l'ermite

/bɛʁ.naʁ.l‿ɛʁ.mit/

noun, masculine/bɛʁ.naʁ.l‿ɛʁ.mit/

hermit crab

1896, Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 134, “Une correspondance inédite de Prosper Mérimée”, part 3, p. 572Do you know, Madame, what a hermit crab is? It is a very small crab, three centimeters large at most, whose tail is devoid of scales.

Borrowed from Occitan bernat l’ermita (literally “Bernard the hermit”), probably named after Bernard of Clairvaux.

bernard-l'ermite — French Dictionary | Passage