单词 | mantispid |
释义 | mantispidn. Entomology. A mantis fly (see mantis n. Compounds). Frequently attributive. 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 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). < n.1926 |
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