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squill
(encz) | squill, n: |
Squill
(gcide) | Squill \Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea
maritima}, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
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squill
(wn) | squill
n 1: bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as
an expectorant
2: having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a
bulb with medicinal properties [syn: sea squill, {sea
onion}, squill, Urginea maritima]
3: an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal
leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers [syn:
scilla, squill] |
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indigo squill
(encz) | indigo squill, n: |
sea squill
(encz) | sea squill, n: |
spring squill
(encz) | spring squill, n: |
squilla
(encz) | squilla, n: |
Squill
(gcide) | Squill \Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea
maritima}, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
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Squilla
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (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.
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Squillae
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (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.
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squillagee
(gcide) | Squeegee \Squee"gee\ (skw[=e]"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squilgee,
squillagee.]
[1913 Webster]Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
squillagee, squeegee.]
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Squillas
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (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.
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squillgee
(gcide) | Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
squillagee, squeegee.]
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Squillitic
(gcide) | Squillitic \Squill*it"ic\ (skw[i^]l*[i^]t"[i^]k), a.
Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] "Squillitic vinegar."
--Holland.
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Squilloidea
(gcide) | Stomapoda \Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Stoma, and -poda.]
(Zool.)
An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds
are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They
have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of
the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large,
and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda,
and Squilloidea.
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family squillidae
(wn) | family Squillidae
n 1: crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow
water along the seashore [syn: Squillidae, {family
Squillidae}] |
genus squilla
(wn) | genus Squilla
n 1: type genus of the family Squillidae |
indigo squill
(wn) | indigo squill
n 1: eastern camas; eastern and central North America [syn:
wild hyacinth, indigo squill, Camassia scilloides] |
sea squill
(wn) | sea squill
n 1: having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a
bulb with medicinal properties [syn: sea squill, {sea
onion}, squill, Urginea maritima] |
spring squill
(wn) | spring squill
n 1: European scilla with small blue or purple flowers [syn:
spring squill, Scilla verna, sea onion] |
squilla
(wn) | squilla
n 1: a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: squilla, mantis prawn] |
squillidae
(wn) | Squillidae
n 1: crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow
water along the seashore [syn: Squillidae, {family
Squillidae}] |
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