suborder manteodea

English Thesaurus

1. mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal order,
definition	:	the order of animals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	family manteidae, family mantidae, manteidae, mantidae,
definition	:	mantises (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dictyoptera, order dictyoptera,
definition	:	in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera (noun.animal)