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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
