MANTEODEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manteodea mean? 

• MANTEODEA (noun)
  The noun MANTEODEA has 1 sense:

1. mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera

  Familiarity information: MANTEODEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANTEODEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Manteodea; suborder Manteodea

Hypernyms ("Manteodea" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Manteodea"):

family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae (mantises)

Holonyms ("Manteodea" is a member of...):

Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera (in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera)