mantispid

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Noun

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man=tis=pid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mantispid has 1 sense

mantispid(n = noun.animal) - insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps;

is a member of family mantispidae, mantispidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mantispid, n.

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera. [1913 Webster]