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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
2. 2
   a kind of mantis shrimp wordnet
3. 3
   A squill, a sea onion. obsolete
4. 4
   A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
5. 5
   An insect resembling a mantis shrimp. obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

mantis prawnsquillsquill

Etymology

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

Related phrases

mantis shrimpsea onion

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