Lithodes

noun

Li·​tho·​des

lə̇ˈthōˌdēz

: a genus (the type of the family Lithodidae) of anomuran crabs that live in cold water toward the poles or in the deep sea

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek lithōdēs resembling stone, from lith- + -ōdēs -ode

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