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PARA-574-Hermit-Crab: Cerith

Caretaker Status: Unknown

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 3 - concrete
Word: Crab (Hermit)

Origin:
Common name, combination word: hermit + crab. Transferred sense of "person living in solitude" is from 1799. Related: Hermitic; hermitical. The hermit crab (1735) is said to be so called for its seeking out and dwelling in a solitary cell.

Definition:
A crab with a soft asymmetrical abdomen, which lives in a castoff mollusk shell for protection. In several kinds the shell becomes covered with sponges, sea anemones, or bryozoans.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - This Paralogos can fit their whole body into any discarded seashell bigger than their head.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware