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Manteidae

noun

mantises

• Syn: ↑Mantidae, ↑family Mantidae, ↑family Manteidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Manteodea, ↑suborder Manteodea

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Mantis

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\\man.ˈtēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Mante-, Mantis, type genus + -idae

: a family of carnivorous insects sometimes especially formerly made coextensive with Manteodea but now usually restricted to mantises with black-barred wings, a rather long pronotum, and a frontal shield that is narrow in proportion to its height

Useful english dictionary. 2012.