squilla, mantis prawn
(noun) a kind of mantis shrimp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
squilla (plural squillas or squillae)
A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
(botany, obsolete) The squill, the sea onion.
(zoology) The mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
(zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling the mantis shrimp.
Source: Wiktionary
Squil"la, n.; pl. E. Squillas, L. Squillæ. Etym: [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
