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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mantis shrimp1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Back in 1979, he published a report in Nature about a mantis shrimp known as Nannosquilla decemspinosa.

A tiny mantis shrimp found off the Pacific coast of South and Central America has inspired a new robot that somersaults and rolls as well as a circus acrobat — or Disney sidekick.

For the first time, researchers have peered through the transparent exoskeletons of these young mantis shrimp to see the inner mechanisms of their powerful weapons in motion, researchers report online April 29 in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

For instance, during punches, the larvae swiveled their arms at speeds roughly a third to half those of adult peacock mantis shrimp.

For instance, goats have dermal shields, crocodiles sport dorsal osteoderms, and mantis shrimp boast armored telsons.

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