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MANTEODEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
Synonyms:
Manteodea; suborder Manteodea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Manteodea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Manteodea"):
family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae (mantises)
Holonyms ("Manteodea" is a member of...):
Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera (in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera)