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[hur-mit] / ˈhɜr mɪt /


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Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

“I’m a little bit of a hermit, and just wanted some more trees and a little more space,” Nancherla says.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

I’m on the social studies side because that’s the class I would usually have now, but at least I can see the tanks of hermit crabs on the science side.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

Many isolated hermits continued to dwell in northern Egypt.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Big Sur has inspired poets and artists, lured homesteaders, hermits and hippies, and drawn millions of tourists each year.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2023

Nature lovers aren’t all hermits, hermits aren’t necessarily survivalists, and survivalists don’t have to be terrorists, and they certainly aren’t all intellectuals.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2022

To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go pil-grims and exiles.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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