HyperDic: mantid

English > 1 sense of the word mantid:
NOUNanimalmantid, mantispredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions
English > mantid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.
Synonymmantis
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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