mantis shrimp

noun

any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.

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Also called mantis crab.

Origin of mantis shrimp

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby mantis shrimp

manticore, mantid, mantilla, mantinea, mantis, mantis shrimp, mantispid, mantissa, mantle, mantle plume, mantle radiotherapy
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British Dictionary definitions for mantis shrimp

mantis shrimp

mantis crab

noun

any of various burrowing marine shrimplike crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda that have a pair of large grasping appendages: subclass MalacostracaSee also squilla
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