Definition of Mantidae

1. Noun. Mantises.

Exact synonyms: Family Manteidae, Family Mantidae, Manteidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Manteodea, Suborder Manteodea
Member holonyms: Genus Mantis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantidae

Mansonella ozzardi
Mansonella perstans
Mansonella streptocerca
Mansonella tucumana
Mansonia
Mansonite
Mansonites
Mansonoides
Manta birostris
Mantegna
Mantegnesque
Manteidae
Mantel-Haenszel test
Mantell
Manteodea
Mantidae
Mantinea
Mantinean
Mantineans
Mantineia
Mantis religioso
Mantispidae
Mantle
Mantophasmatodea
Mantoux pit
Mantoux test
Mantoykas
Mantua
Mantuan
Mantuans

Literary usage of Mantidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"mantidae. Tables for the determinations of the subfamilies (in some instances of the genera only) of mantidae will be found in Bur- meister, ..."

2. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"mantidae. Tables for the determinations of the subfamilies (in some instances of the genera only) of mantidae will be found in Bur- meister, Handb. ent., ..."

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