Definition of ocypode
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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
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plural -s
: any crab of the genus Ocypode
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ocypodian
\¦äsə¦pōdēən\ adjective or noun
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