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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•tis•pid (man tis′pid),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsany neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- Neo-Latin Mantispidae family of insects, equivalent. to Mantisp(a) genus name (apparently erroneously for *Mantiopa, equivalent. to manti(s) mantis + Greek -ōp(s) having a face (of a given sort), resembling (adjective, adjectival use of ó̄ps face, eye; compare -opsis) + Neo-Latin -a -a2) + -idae -id2
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