GENUS SQUILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Squilla mean? 

• GENUS SQUILLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SQUILLA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Squillidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS SQUILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SQUILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Squillidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Squilla" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Squilla"):

mantis prawn; squilla (a kind of mantis shrimp)

Holonyms ("genus Squilla" is a member of...):

family Squillidae; Squillidae (crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore)