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单词 mantispid
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mantispidn.

Brit. /manˈtɪspɪd/, U.S. /mænˈtɪspᵻd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mantispidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Mantispidae, family name (J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects (1840) II. 58; compare earlier Mantispides , tribe name (W. E. Leach 1815 in Edinb. Encycl. 139/1)) < Mantispa , genus name (J. K. W. Illiger in J. G. Kugelann Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens (1798) 499, apparently after earlier use as specific name: see note) + -idae (see -id suffix3). Compare French mantispe (Latreille 1802).The name Mantispa appears to be < post-classical Latin mantis mantis n., but the ultimate origin of the form is unclear. The type species of the genus had been called Raphidia mantispa by J. A. Scopoli (1763 in Entomologica Carniolica 272; hence also in the 1767 ed. of Linnaeus Systema Naturæ). The suggestion, sometimes made, that the genus name was formed by redivision of the binomial Mantis pagana (J. C. Fabricius 1775) therefore appears improbable.
Entomology.
A mantis fly (see mantis n. Compounds). Frequently attributive.
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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
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1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xv. 154 Mantispidæ. Mantispids... The western mantispid, Climaciella brunnea Say..is our commonest species.
1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 186 Mantispids are generally rare, but interesting for their striking resemblance to praying mantids.
1989 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Ontario 120 1 Mantispid Neuroptera were considered [by C. Taylor, 1862] to be ‘orthopterians’.
1996 G. Waldbauer Insects through Seasons vii. 159 Adult mantispids look more like praying mantises than like their own relatives.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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