"squilla" meaning in English

See squilla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: squillas [plural], squillae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|squilla}} Latin squilla, {{der|en|grc|σκίλλα}} Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|squillae}} squilla (plural squillas or squillae)
  1. A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
    Sense id: en-squilla-en-noun-L76UxlIH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 5 42 37
  2. (botany, obsolete) A squill, a sea onion. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-squilla-en-noun-AigYchga Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (zoology) A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants
    Sense id: en-squilla-en-noun-HZAPWwih Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 22 6 44 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 5 42 37 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  4. (zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling a mantis shrimp. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-squilla-en-noun-OtPm~Ab5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 5 42 37 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for squilla meaning in English (4.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "squilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin squilla",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "σκίλλα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squillas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squillae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "squillae"
      },
      "expansion": "squilla (plural squillas or squillae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 5 42 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks."
      ],
      "id": "en-squilla-en-noun-L76UxlIH",
      "links": [
        [
          "dinner",
          "dinner"
        ],
        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ],
        [
          "shrill",
          "shrill"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval"
        ],
        [
          "monk",
          "monk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A squill, a sea onion."
      ],
      "id": "en-squilla-en-noun-AigYchga",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "squill",
          "squill"
        ],
        [
          "sea onion",
          "sea onion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany, obsolete) A squill, a sea onion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "en:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 5 42 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 6 44 29",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Asparagus family plants",
          "orig": "en:Asparagus family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Asparagales order plants",
            "Flowers",
            "Succulents",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla."
      ],
      "id": "en-squilla-en-noun-HZAPWwih",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "mantis shrimp",
          "mantis shrimp"
        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Squilla",
          "Squilla"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "en:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 5 42 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An insect resembling a mantis shrimp."
      ],
      "id": "en-squilla-en-noun-OtPm~Ab5",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "resembling",
          "resembling"
        ],
        [
          "mantis shrimp",
          "mantis shrimp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling a mantis shrimp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squilla"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪlə",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪlə/2 syllables",
    "en:Asparagus family plants",
    "la:Crustaceans"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "squilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin squilla",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "σκίλλα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squillas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squillae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "squillae"
      },
      "expansion": "squilla (plural squillas or squillae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dinner",
          "dinner"
        ],
        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ],
        [
          "shrill",
          "shrill"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval"
        ],
        [
          "monk",
          "monk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A squill, a sea onion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "squill",
          "squill"
        ],
        [
          "sea onion",
          "sea onion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany, obsolete) A squill, a sea onion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "mantis shrimp",
          "mantis shrimp"
        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Squilla",
          "Squilla"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An insect resembling a mantis shrimp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "resembling",
          "resembling"
        ],
        [
          "mantis shrimp",
          "mantis shrimp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling a mantis shrimp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squilla"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.