(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:09:46

Hip"pa (?), Hip"pe (?), n. Zool.

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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