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mantis shrimps

mantis shrimps is the plural of mantis shrimp.

Meaning of mantis shrimp

Noun

mantis shrimp (plural mantis shrimps or mantis shrimp)

  1. A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.

Questions about mantis shrimps

What is mantis shrimps the plural of?
Mantis shrimps is the plural of mantis shrimp.

Words near mantis shrimps in the dictionary

  1. mantiques
  2. mantis
  3. mantis crab
  4. mantis crabs
  5. mantis shrimp
  6. mantis shrimps
  7. mantises
  8. mantisflies
  9. mantisfly
  10. mantislike
  11. mantispid

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