mantis
noun/ˈmæntɪs/
/ˈmæntɪs/
(also praying mantis)
(plural mantids or mantises)
- a large green insect that eats other insects. The female mantis often eats the male.Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2Word Originmid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, literally ‘prophet’.
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