Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Stomapoda

Stomapoda , noun, plural

[New Latin See Stoma, and -poda.]

(Zoology) 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.