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MANTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mantidae mean?
• MANTIDAE (noun)
The noun MANTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mantises
Familiarity information: MANTIDAE 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 ("Mantidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Mantidae"):
genus Mantis (type genus of the Mantidae: mantises)
Holonyms ("Mantidae" is a member of...):
Manteodea; suborder Manteodea (mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera)
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