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MANTIS PRAWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mantis prawn mean?
• MANTIS PRAWN (noun)
The noun MANTIS PRAWN has 1 sense:
1. a kind of mantis shrimp
Familiarity information: MANTIS PRAWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kind of mantis shrimp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mantis prawn; squilla
Hypernyms ("mantis prawn" is a kind of...):
mantis crab; mantis shrimp (tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages)
Holonyms ("mantis prawn" is a member of...):
genus Squilla (type genus of the family Squillidae)
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