a. and sb. Zool. [f. SQUILLA 3 + -OID.] a. adj. Resembling the Squilla or mantis-shrimp. b. sb. A shrimp resembling the Squilla.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 613. In the Squilloids, the ophthalmic and two antennary segments are distinctly marked. Ibid., 614. There is only a single type, the Squilloid, divisible.
