Grapsus

noun

Grap·​sus

-səs

: a genus (the type of the family Grapsidae) of crabs having a somewhat quadrilateral carapace, wide postabdomen, and short eyestalks

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Greek grapsaios crab

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