order mantophasmatodea or·der·man·tophasmatodea uncommon noun 1. an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region SynonymsMantophasmatodeaorder mantophasmatodea Related words Broader terms animal order Parts Insecta WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.