The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hippa \Hip"pa\, Hippe \Hip"pe\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
Wikipedia
Hippa may refer to:
- Hippa (genus), a genus in the family Hippidae
- Hippa Island, an island in British Columbia belonging to the Haida Gwaii archipelago
- Heikki Hippa (H.Hippa, born 1943), a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist
Hippa is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the family Hippidae, containing the following species:
- Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
- Hippa admirabilis (Thallwitz, 1892)
- Hippa alcimede (De Man, 1902)
- Hippa australis Hale, 1927
- Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & Manning, 1970
- Hippa celaeno (de Man, 1896)
- Hippa granulatus (Borradaile, 1904)
- Hippa hirtipes (Dana, 1852)
- Hippa indica Haig, Murugan & Balakrishnan Nair, 1986
- Hippa marmorata (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
- Hippa ovalis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1862)
- Hippa picta (Heller, 1861)
- Hippa strigillata (Stimpson, 1860)
- Hippa testudinaria (Herbst, 1791)
- Hippa truncatifrons (Miers, 1878)
It is closely related to the genus Emerita, and species have often been transferred between the two genera.
Usage examples of "hippa".
Hippai, misconstrued mares, were priestesses of the Goddess Hippa, who was of old worshipped in Thessaly, and Thrace, and in many different regions.
What may have been the original of the term Hippa, and Hippus, will be matter of future disquisition.
In Arcadia, and Elis, the most antient rites were preserved: and the Grecians might have known, that the terms Hippa and Hippia were of foreign purport from the other titles given to Juno at Olympia.
Many of them were priestesses of Hippa, and upon that account styled Hippai, as I have shewn.
Several new villages have been built with solar-powered fences to keep peepers in and Hippae out.