hiˈpälə(ˌ)tē noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, after Hippolyte, Amazon in Greek mythology, from Greek Hippolytē
: a common and widely distributed genus (the type of the family Hippolytidae) of small prawns having the abdomen sharply bent at the third segment
• hip·pol·y·tid -_tə̇d adjective or noun