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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A member of the family Mantispidæ.
  2. Having the characters of, or belonging to, the neuropterous family Mantispidæ.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A family of net-winged insects, the family Mantispidae.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under neuroptera.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps

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  1. mantis-fly
  1. mantidfly

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  1. neuropteran
  1. neuropterous insect
  1. neuropteron

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