Definition of Ochidore

1. a shore crab [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochidore

ocellus
oceloid
ocelot
ocelots
och
och aye
och aye the noo
oche
ocher
ochered
ochering
ocherous
ochers
ochery
oches
ochidore (current term)
ochidores
ochimy
ochl-
ochlagogue
ochlagogues
ochlagogy
ochlarchy
ochleses
ochlesis
ochlocracies
ochlocracy
ochlocrat
ochlocratic
ochlocratical

Literary usage of Ochidore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Novels, Poems and Letters of Charles Kingsley by Charles Kingsley (1899)
"And clapping both hands to the back of his neck, the schoolmaster began dancing frantically about, while his boys broke out tittering, " O! the ochidore! ..."

2. Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyagews and Adventure of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of by Charles Kingsley (1889)
"And clapping both hands to the back of his neck, the schoolmaster began dancing frantically about, while his boys broke out tittering, ' Oh ! the ochidore ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"I should be glad if any of your readers would kindly tell me whether " ochidore " is a Devon word. Query etymology ? AL MAYHEW. " INOCULATION. ..."

4. Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley (1904)
"And clapping both hands to the back of his neck, the schoolmaster began dancing frantically about, while his boys broke out tittering, " Oh ! the ochidore ..."

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