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mantis shrimp

noun

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


mantis shrimp

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mantis shrimp1

First recorded in 1870–75

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