资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
squilla
n : a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: {mantis prawn}]
[also: {squillae} (pl)]
squillae
See {squilla}