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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of the family Hippidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under anomura.

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