Noun: mantis shrimp
- Tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
"The mantis shrimp's powerful strike can break aquarium glass";
- mantis crab
Derived forms: mantis shrimps
Type of: stomatopod, stomatopod crustacean
Part of: order Stomatopoda, Stomatopoda
Encyclopedia: Mantis shrimp