STOMATOPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stomatopoda mean? 

• STOMATOPODA (noun)
  The noun STOMATOPODA has 1 sense:

1. mantis shrimps

  Familiarity information: STOMATOPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOMATOPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mantis shrimps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Stomatopoda; Stomatopoda

Hypernyms ("Stomatopoda" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Stomatopoda"):

stomatopod; stomatopod crustacean (a kind of crustacean)

mantis crab; mantis shrimp (tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages)

family Squillidae; Squillidae (crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore)

Holonyms ("Stomatopoda" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)