PRAYING MANTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The common mantis

Synonyms:

Mantis religioso; praying mantid; praying mantis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("praying mantis" is a kind of...):

mantid; mantis (predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer)

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