Crossword clues for mantispid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. Any insect in the family (taxlink Mantispidae family noshow=1).
WordNet
n. insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
Usage examples of "mantispid".
The mantispid had asked to see the extra palmlog with the emergency beacon.
The rope snapped taut, the axe held its place, man and mantispid swung two and a half times like the working end of a pendulum, and that was the end of that drama.
The smaller mantispid had some sort of clear, bubbly backpack along his dorsal ridge, nestled in the V where its main body section joined the prothorax.
The mantispid had a small, clear device out something very similar to our credit card palmlogsand was entering data with a flurry of its three fingers.
It made no difference to Gary, Paul, and me since we were running flat out and in the same direction and at about the same speed, but I have seen mantispids move at full speed since that dayusing all six legs, their hands forming into an extra pair of flat feetand I know now that K could have shifted into high gear and run four times as fast as the rest of us.
If the mantispids smelled weird, I couldn’t pick it up since the breeze was blowing from behind the three of us.
It made no difference to Gary, Paul, and me since we were running flat out and in the same direction and at about the same speed, but I have seen mantispids move at full speed since that day—using all six legs, their hands forming into an extra pair of flat feet—and I know now that K could have shifted into high gear and run four times as fast as the rest of us.