squilla Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a kind of mantis shrimp
    mantis prawn.

WordNet

Squil"la noun
Etymology
L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See Squill.
Wordforms
plural E Squillas L Squillæ
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913