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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mantispid  \Man*tis"pid\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  neuropterous  insect  of  the  genus  {Mantispa},  and  allied 
  genera.  The  larv[ae]  feed  on  plant  lice.  Also  used 
  adjectively.  See  Illust.  under  {Neuroptera}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mantispid 
  n  :  insect  that  resembles  a  mantis;  larvae  are  parasites  in  the 
  nests  of  spiders  and  wasps 




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