krə̇ˈpijələ, -idyələ, -id ə lə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, small sandal, diminutive of crepida sandal, from Greek krēpid-, krēpis boot; akin to Old Irish cairem shoemaker, Lithuanian kurpe shoe, and probably Greek keirein to cut — more at shear
: a genus of marine gastropods (suborder Taenioglossa) comprising the typical slipper limpets