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Mantispidae

noun

mantispids

• Syn: ↑family Mantispidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Neuroptera, ↑order Neuroptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑mantispid

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\\-pəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Mantispa, type genus + -idae

: a family of insects (order Neuroptera) having the prothorax elongated and the first pair of legs developed after the manner of a mantis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.