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FAMILY MANTEIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Manteidae mean?
• FAMILY MANTEIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MANTEIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mantises
Familiarity information: FAMILY MANTEIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mantises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae
Hypernyms ("family Manteidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Manteidae"):
genus Mantis (type genus of the Mantidae: mantises)
Holonyms ("family Manteidae" is a member of...):
Manteodea; suborder Manteodea (mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera)
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