Dorippidae

plural noun

Do·​rip·​pi·​dae

-pəˌdē

: a nearly cosmopolitan family (type genus Dorippe) of small deep-water oxystomatous crabs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Dorippe, type genus (probably from Dorippa, a Latin & Greek feminine name) + -idae

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