- family Mantispidae
- nounmantispids• Syn: ↑Mantispidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Neuroptera, ↑order Neuroptera• Member Meronyms: ↑mantispid
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family Mantispidae
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Mantispidae — prop. n. The natural family comprising the mantispids. Syn: family {Mantispidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mantispidae — Mantidflies Temporal range: Early Jurassic – Recent 180–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Mantispidae — noun mantispids • Syn: ↑family Mantispidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Neuroptera, ↑order Neuroptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mantispid — noun insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps • Hypernyms: ↑neuropteron, ↑neuropteran, ↑neuropterous insect • Member Holonyms: ↑Mantispidae, ↑family Mantispidae * * * I … Useful english dictionary
Neuroptera — Lacewing redirects here. For other uses, see Lacewing (disambiguation). Neuroptera Temporal range: 299–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Neuroptera — noun an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies • Syn: ↑order Neuroptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Neuroptera — noun an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies • Syn: ↑Neuroptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mantispid — /man tis pid/, n. any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps. [ < NL Mantispidae family of insects, equiv. to Mantisp(a) genus name (appar. erroneously for… … Universalium
neuropteran — /noo rop teuhr euhn, nyoo /, adj. 1. neuropterous. n. 2. Also, neuropteron. a neuropterous insect. [1835 45; < NL Neuropter(a), neut. pl. of neuropterus (see NEUROPTEROUS) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any of a group of insects commonly … Universalium
