ocypode

noun

ocyp·​o·​de

-dē

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Ocypodidae) of square-bodied, long-legged, and swift-running crabs that are related to the fiddler crabs and live in holes in the sand along the seashore

2

plural -s : any crab of the genus Ocypode

ocypodian

¦äsə¦pōdēən

adjective or noun

ocypodoid

ōˈsipəˌdȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek ōkypod-, ōkypous swift-footed, from ōkys swift + pod-, pous foot; akin to Latin ocior swifter, Sanskrit āśu swift, and perhaps to Latin acer sharp

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