squille
Squilla mantis
#nm_0578📍 France
- Language
- French
- Transliteration
- squille
- IPA
- /skij/
From French squille (mantis shrimp) ↳ From Latin squilla (shrimp, prawn), origin uncertain beyond Latin
Burrowing mantis shrimp about 20 cm long, with enlarged raptorial forelimbs used to strike prey. Lives in soft sediment of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.