MANTISPID - Definition

Pronunciation:		man'tispid
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps

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	See Also:	family Mantispidae, Mantispidae, neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Man*tis"pid\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus {Mantispa}, and allied genera. The larv[ae] feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under {Neuroptera}.