SQUILLA

squilla, mantis prawn

(noun) a kind of mantis shrimp

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

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