mantis crab

noun

squilla (shrimp)

Meanings

nounmantis crab (plural mantis crabs)

plural mantis crabs

  1. squilla (shrimp)

    Synonyms: mantis shrimp

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsquilla (shrimp)

More synonyms by meaning

nountropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages

Broader
stomatopodstomatopod crustacean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mantis crab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantis%20crab.

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