Squilla

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

squilla
    n 1: a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: {squilla}, {mantis prawn}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. {Squillas}
   (-l[.a]z), L. {Squillae} (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
   prawn or shrimp. See {Squill}.] (Zool.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]