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squillae


  1  definition  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}. 




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