Hippolyte

noun

Hip·​pol·​y·​te

hiˈpälə(ˌ)tē

: a common and widely distributed genus (the type of the family Hippolytidae) of small prawns having the abdomen sharply bent at the third segment

hippolytid

-tə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, after Hippolyte, Amazon in Greek mythology, from Greek Hippolytē

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