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FAMILY MANTISPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mantispidae mean?
• FAMILY MANTISPIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MANTISPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mantispids
Familiarity information: FAMILY MANTISPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mantispids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Mantispidae; Mantispidae
Hypernyms ("family Mantispidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Mantispidae"):
mantispid (insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps)
Holonyms ("family Mantispidae" is a member of...):
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)
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