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Meaning of OCYPODIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`cy*po"di*an\, n. [Gr. 'wky`s swift + poy`s, podo`s,
foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along
the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
 
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