Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mantisfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-t-is-fly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.

Etymology

From mantis + fly.

Inflected Forms

mantisflies (plural)

Synonyms

mantidfly

Questions

What does mantisfly mean?: Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.
Where does mantisfly come from?: From mantis + fly.

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