English Explanatory Dictionary

squilla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
  2. A squill, a sea onion.
  3. A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
  4. An insect resembling a mantis shrimp.

Word forms

squilla squillas squillae

Etymology

From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).

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