"mantisfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mantisflies [plural]
Etymology: From mantis + fly. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mantis|fly}} mantis + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} mantisfly (plural mantisflies)
  1. Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis. Categories (lifeform): Neuropterans Synonyms: mantidfly Translations (mantispid): 螳蛉 (tánglíng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-mantisfly-en-noun-40LjB-yB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Related terms: jumping bristletail, archaeognathan (english: Archaeognatha), cockroach and termite, blattodean (english: Blattodea), beetle, coleopteran (english: Coleoptera), earwig, dermapteran (english: Dermaptera), flies, dipteran (english: Diptera), webspinner, embiopteran (alt: Embioptera), mayflies, ephemeropteran (english: Ephemeroptera), ice crawler, grylloblattodean (english: Grylloblattodea), true bug, hemipteran (english: Hemiptera), hymenopteran (english: ant, bee, wasp; Hymenoptera) [usually], butterflies and moth, lepidopteran (english: Lepidoptera), mantis, mantodean (english: Mantodea), mantophasmid (english: Mantophasmatodea), scorpionflies, mecopteran (english: Mecoptera), megalopteran (alt: alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) (english: Megaloptera) [usually], neuropteran (alt: antlion, lacewing, mantisflies) (english: Neuroptera) [usually], damselflies and dragonflies, odonatan (alt: Odonata), orthopteran (english: grasshopper, katydid; Orthoptera) [usually] [cricket, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], stick insect, phasmatodean (english: Phasmatodea), stoneflies, plecopteran (english: Plecoptera), booklice, psocodean (english: Psocodea), snakeflies, raphidiopteran (english: Raphidioptera), flea, siphonapteran (english: Siphonaptera), strepsipteran (english: Strepsiptera), thrips, thysanopteran (english: Thysanoptera), caddis flies, trichopteran (english: Trichoptera), zorapteran (english: Zoraptera), silverfish, zygentoman (english: Zygentoma)

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