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Thesaurus: squilla

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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a kind of mantis shrimp
  3. 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.
  4. Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squillaand allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on theseashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
  5. n. a kind of mantis shrimp