squilla
Noun

squilla (plural squillas)

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



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