mantidn.

Brit.

/ˈmantɪd/, U.S.

/ˈmæn(t)əd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mantis n., -id suffix³.

Etymology: < mant- (in mantis n.) + -id suffix³. Compare scientific Latin Mantides ( P. A. Latreille Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum (1807) III. 87, after Byzantine Greek μάντιδες , plural of μάντις mantis n., variant of ancient Greek μάντεις), Mantidae (1826 or earlier).

1. Entomology. A mantis (mantis n.).The group includes the family Mantidae, but the word mantid is not generally restricted to members of this family.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae

locust1646

mantis1646

soothsayer1855

rearhorse1859

mantid1895

mantispid1926

1895 Athenæum 30 Mar. 412/2 A species of a mantid, Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi,..from..Natal.

1933 Discovery Apr. 123/1 Among insects they [sc. eye-spots] occur commonly on the wings of butterflies and moths,..and less often on the wing-covers of beetles, mantids, grasshoppers and hemiptera.

1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals x. 122 Among the myrtles the mantids moved,..the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes.

1988 New Scientist 16 June 63/1 Praying mantids are among the world's most beautiful insects.

1993 R. H. Arnett Amer. Insects 144/1 Recent workers recognize eight families of mantids, but only one of these, the Mantidae, occurs in North America.

2. Zoology. More fully mantid shrimp. = mantis shrimp n. at mantis n. Compounds.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae

squilla1658

sea grasshopper1668

squill-fish1681

squill1710

sea mantis1835

squillian1842

mantis crab1850

locust shrimp1867

mantis shrimp1871

mantid1941

1941 J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Sea of Cortez 112 Hermit-crabs, mantids; flatworms.

1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 111/2 Some organisms other than insects, such as the stomatopod mantid shrimp Odontodactylus and the deep-sea amphipod Phronima, have a compound eye with facets up to 120 micrometers across.

1988 Nature 9 June 500/3 Mantid shrimps seem to use different ommatidia in the six rows of the midband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mantid
释义	mantidn. Brit. /ˈmantɪd/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)əd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mantis n., -id suffix³. Etymology: < mant- (in mantis n.) + -id suffix³. Compare scientific Latin Mantides ( P. A. Latreille Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum (1807) III. 87, after Byzantine Greek μάντιδες , plural of μάντις mantis n., variant of ancient Greek μάντεις), Mantidae (1826 or earlier). 1. Entomology. A mantis (mantis n.).The group includes the family Mantidae, but the word mantid is not generally restricted to members of this family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae locust1646 mantis1646 soothsayer1855 rearhorse1859 mantid1895 mantispid1926 1895 Athenæum 30 Mar. 412/2 A species of a mantid, Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi,..from..Natal. 1933 Discovery Apr. 123/1 Among insects they [sc. eye-spots] occur commonly on the wings of butterflies and moths,..and less often on the wing-covers of beetles, mantids, grasshoppers and hemiptera. 1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals x. 122 Among the myrtles the mantids moved,..the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes. 1988 New Scientist 16 June 63/1 Praying mantids are among the world's most beautiful insects. 1993 R. H. Arnett Amer. Insects 144/1 Recent workers recognize eight families of mantids, but only one of these, the Mantidae, occurs in North America. 2. Zoology. More fully mantid shrimp. = mantis shrimp n. at mantis n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae squilla1658 sea grasshopper1668 squill-fish1681 squill1710 sea mantis1835 squillian1842 mantis crab1850 locust shrimp1867 mantis shrimp1871 mantid1941 1941 J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Sea of Cortez 112 Hermit-crabs, mantids; flatworms. 1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 111/2 Some organisms other than insects, such as the stomatopod mantid shrimp Odontodactylus and the deep-sea amphipod Phronima, have a compound eye with facets up to 120 micrometers across. 1988 Nature 9 June 500/3 Mantid shrimps seem to use different ommatidia in the six rows of the midband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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