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squilla |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squilla \Squil"la\, n.; pl E. {Squillas}, L. {Squill[ae]}. [L., a sea onion, also a prawn or shrimp. See {Squill}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus {Squilla} and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also {mantis shrimp}. See Illust. under {Stomapoda}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: squilla n : a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: {mantis prawn}]
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