mantisfly

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English[edit]

a mantisfly (Mantispa styriaca)

Etymology[edit]

mantis +‎ fly

Noun[edit]

mantisfly (plural mantisflies)

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