Definition of Squilla. Meaning of Squilla. Synonyms of Squilla

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Definition of Squilla

Squilla
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.

Meaning of Squilla from wikipedia

- Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known...
- Schmitt, 1940 Squilla brasiliensis Calman, 1917 Squilla cadenati Manning, 1970 Squilla caribaea Manning, 1969 Squilla chydaea Manning, 1962 Squilla deceptrix...
- Squilla empusa is a species of mantis shrimp found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean. It excavates and occupies a burrow in soft sediment...
- Mark F. Squilla (born 1962 or 1963) is a Democratic politician and member of the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Squilla was born in Whitman...
- Squillidae Oratosquilla oratoria (蝦蛄, shako) Rissoides desmaresti Squilla empusa Squilla mantis Family Tetrasquillidae Heterosquilla tricarinata, New Zealand...
- hollow), fish (rockfish, monkfish, cuttlefish, squid), and s****fish (Squilla mantis, shrimp, crayfish). It is seasoned mainly with lemon. The invention...
- Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)  Synonyms Squilla ciliata Fabricius, 1787 Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 Squilla stylifera Lamarck, 1818...
- Cancer squilla in his Systema Naturae (1758, 1761). As more genera were split from Linnaeus' Cancer, this species became known as Leander squilla, while...
- Family: Squillidae Genus: Oratosquilla Species: O. oratoria Binomial name Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844) Synonyms  Squilla oratoria De Haan, 1844...
- Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallic**** was a Roman senator, who was active during the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He was suffect consul in...