NOUN | animal | mantid, mantis | predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions |
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Meaning | predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer. | |
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Synonym | mantis | |
Member of | genus Mantis | type genus of the Mantidae |
Narrower | praying mantis, praying mantid, Mantis religioso | The common mantis |
Broader | dictyopterous insect | cockroaches and mantids |
Spanish | mantis, mantodea | |
Catalan | màntid, mantis |
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