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 adjective or noun
¦äsə¦pōdēən
ocypodoid adjective
ōˈsipəˌdȯid
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