SQUILLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Squillidae mean? 

• SQUILLIDAE (noun)
  The noun SQUILLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore

  Familiarity information: SQUILLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUILLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Squillidae; Squillidae

Hypernyms ("Squillidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Squillidae"):

genus Squilla (type genus of the family Squillidae)

Holonyms ("Squillidae" is a member of...):

order Stomatopoda; Stomatopoda (mantis shrimps)