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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 squil·la /ˈskwɪlə/
 蝦蛄
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Squil·la n.; pl. E. Squillas L. Squillae   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.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 squilla
      n : a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: mantis prawn]
      [also: squillae (pl)]