Mantis Definition

măntĭs
mantes, mantises
noun
mantises
Any of an order (Mantodea) of slender, elongated insects that feed on other insects and grasp their prey with stout, spiny forelegs.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae "” the type genus of the Mantodea, the mantises.

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Other Word Forms of Mantis

Noun

Singular:
mantis
Plural:
mantes, mantises

Origin of Mantis

  • Greek seer, praying mantis (from the insect's habit of holding its front legs in a pose resembling that of a seer in prayer, and perhaps also from the fact that its presence or emergence was thought to have divinatory value) men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mantis, “soothsayer")

    From Wiktionary

Mantis Sentence Examples

  • A Mantis leasing program?

  • How long does a Praying Mantis live, anyway?

  • The chief being among the supernatural characters of Bushman mythology is the insect called the Mantis.'

  • Cagn or Ikaggen, the Mantis, is sometimes regarded with religious respect as African a benevolent god.

  • Of the 350 known species of mantis shrimps only two are found in British waters.

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