squilla
noun
squil·la ˈskwi-lə 
plural squillas or squillae ˈskwi-ˌlē
-ˌlī
: any of various stomatopod crustaceans (especially genus Squilla) that burrow in mud or beneath stones in shallow water along the seashore
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, genus name, going back to Latin, "any of various smaller crustaceans, as shrimp and crayfish," of obscure origin
Note: The genus name Squilla was introduced by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808) in Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas, tomus 1 (Copenhagen, 1787), p. 333, as a revision of Linnaeus's Cancer.
First Known Use
1658, in the meaning defined above
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