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praying_mantis

praying mantis

English

A praying mantis

Noun

praying mantis (plural praying mantises or praying mantes)

  1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the family Mantidae that have a prayer-like stance.
  2. (regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.

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