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mantisfly

noun

Etymology

From mantis + fly.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻
  2. inherited from *fleugǭ✻
  3. inherited from *fleugā✻
  4. inherited from flȳġe
  5. inherited from flye
  6. compounded as mantisfly — “mantis + fly”

Definitions

  1. Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking…

    Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.

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