Word origin
[‹ NL
Mantispidae family of insects, equiv. to
Mantisp(
a) genus name (appar. erroneously for *
Mantiopa, equiv. to
manti(
s)
mantis + Gk
-ōp(
s) having a face (of a given sort), resembling (adj. use of
o᷇ps face, eye; cf.
-opsis) + NL
-a -a2) +
-idae -id2]