Definition of "stomatopod" []

• Any of various marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda, which includes the squilla. (noun)

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• "It's a shrimp-like animal called the stomatopod, and here's how it moves on the beaches of Panama: it actually rolls, and it can even roll uphill."
• "And interestingly, this turns out -- the stomatopod saddle turns out to be the first described biological hyperbolic paraboloid spring."
• "Now, the other type of mantis shrimp is the smasher stomatopod, and these guys open up snails for a living."