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squilloid

squilloid noun: a member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.

Noun

squilloid (plural squilloids)

  1. A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.
    • Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates.2004, Gary C. B. Poore, Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia
    • In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]2013, Carel von Vaupel Klein, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, Treatise on Zoology

Forms of squilloid

pluralsquilloids

Questions about squilloid

What does squilloid mean?
Squilloid means a member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.
What part of speech is squilloid?
Squilloid is a noun.
What is the plural of squilloid?
The plural of squilloid is squilloids.

Words near squilloid in the dictionary

  1. squillionaire
  2. squillionaires
  3. squillions
  4. squillionth
  5. squillitic
  6. squilloid
  7. squilloids
  8. squills
  9. squinacies
  10. squinacy
  11. squinance

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