- 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.
Definition
[ n. pl.]