Hippa

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hippa \Hip"pa\, Hippe \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}.
     [1913 Webster]