mantis shrimp


noun

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

Origin of mantis shrimp

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby mantis shrimp

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 Malacostraca See also squilla