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MANTIS CRAB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mantis crab mean?
• MANTIS CRAB (noun)
The noun MANTIS CRAB has 1 sense:
1. tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
Familiarity information: MANTIS CRAB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mantis crab; mantis shrimp
Hypernyms ("mantis crab" is a kind of...):
stomatopod; stomatopod crustacean (a kind of crustacean)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mantis crab"):
mantis prawn; squilla (a kind of mantis shrimp)
Holonyms ("mantis crab" is a member of...):
order Stomatopoda; Stomatopoda (mantis shrimps)
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