| 释义 |
ocyp·o·de
\-dē\ noun
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 — more at edge, foot
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. -s : any crab of the genus Ocypode
• oc·y·po·di·an \|äsə|pōdēən\ adjective or noun
• ocyp·o·doid \ōˈsipəˌdȯid\ adjective |