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Mantis
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Man′tis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a prophet.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus
Mantis
, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina
. Mantis shrimp
. (Zool.)
The
Squilla
, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab
and mantis prawn
.Definition 2024
Mantis
Mantis
See also: mantis
Translingual
European mantis
Proper noun
Mantis f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia, Pterygota, Metapterygota, Neoptera - clades; Polyneoptera - supercohort; Dictyoptera - cohort; Mantodea - order; Mantidae - family; Mantinae - subfamily; Mantini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): See
Mantis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for species
mantis
mantis
See also: Mantis
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mantis (plural mantises or mantes)
- Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
- A green colour, like that of many mantises.
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mantis colour:
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Derived terms
Translations
any of various large insects of the order Mantodea
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