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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Squill, n.

noun

n. [Fr. squille, scille, Pr. squilla, esquila, Sp. esquila, escila, It. & Lat. squilla, scilla, Gr. σκίλλα.]

  1. (Bot.) A lily-like plant (Scilla [or Ornithogalum] maritima), having a bulbous root, like an onion, of acrid and emetic properties, used in medicine.
  2. (Zoöl.) A stomapodous, crustaceous animal, of the genus Squilla.
  3. (Entom.) An insect,—called also squill insect, from its resemblance to the preceding,—having a long body covered with a crust, the head broad and squat. Grew.