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MANTIS SHRIMP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages

Synonyms:

mantis crab; mantis shrimp

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mantis shrimp" is a kind of...):

stomatopod; stomatopod crustacean (a kind of crustacean)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mantis shrimp"):

mantis prawn; squilla (a kind of mantis shrimp)

Holonyms ("mantis shrimp" is a member of...):

order Stomatopoda; Stomatopoda (mantis shrimps)

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