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MANTISPIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mantispids

Synonyms:

family Mantispidae; Mantispidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Mantispidae"):

mantispid (insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps)

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

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)

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