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SQUILLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: squillae   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A kind of mantis shrimp

Synonyms:

mantis prawn; squilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("squilla" is a kind of...):

mantis crab; mantis shrimp (tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages)

Holonyms ("squilla" is a member of...):

genus Squilla (type genus of the family Squillidae)

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