HyperDic: mantis

English > 1 sense of the word mantis:
NOUNanimalmantis, mantidpredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions
mantis > pronunciation
Soundsmae'ntihs
Rhymesabyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs...
English > mantis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.
Synonymmantid
Member ofgenus Mantistype genus of the Mantidae
Narrowerpraying mantis, praying mantid, Mantis religiosoThe common mantis
Broaderdictyopterous insectcockroaches and mantids
Spanishmantis, mantodea
Catalanmàntid, mantis

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