| NOUN | animal | mantis, mantid | predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions |
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| Sounds | mae'ntihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer. | |
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| Synonym | mantid | |
| 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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