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mantisfly

mantisfly noun: any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.

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.
    Synonyms:
    mantidfly

Synonyms of mantisfly

Forms of mantisfly

pluralmantisflies

Origin of mantisfly

From mantis + fly.

Questions about mantisfly

What does mantisfly mean?
Mantisfly means any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.
What part of speech is mantisfly?
Mantisfly is a noun.
What is the plural of mantisfly?
The plural of mantisfly is mantisflies.

Words near mantisfly in the dictionary

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

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