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SUBORDER MANTEODEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Manteodea mean?
• SUBORDER MANTEODEA (noun)
The noun SUBORDER MANTEODEA has 1 sense:
1. mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
Familiarity information: SUBORDER MANTEODEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Manteodea; suborder Manteodea
Hypernyms ("suborder Manteodea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Manteodea"):
family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae (mantises)
Holonyms ("suborder Manteodea" is a member of...):
Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera (in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera)
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