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MANTEODEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera

Synonyms:

Manteodea; suborder Manteodea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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