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单词 mantis fly
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mantis fly
mantis fly n. any of various predatory flying insects of the family Mantispidae (order Neuroptera), resembling mantids in having an elongated thorax and large, spined, raptorial front legs; a mantispid.
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1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 606/2 Mantis-fly, the name given to neuropterous insects of the family Mantispidae, related to the ant-lions, lace-wing flies, &c.
1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 176/4 (caption) Two mantisflies..that resemble a praying mantis because of their predatory shears.
1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 133 The mantis flies of the family Mantispidae are readily identified by the raptorial front legs with which they capture a variety of insect prey.
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