squilla

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun squilla has 1 sense

squilla(n = noun.animal) mantis prawn - a kind of mantis shrimp; Array

is a kind of mantis crab, mantis shrimp

is a member of genus squilla

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CIDE DICTIONARY

squilla, n. [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See Squill.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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