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Word | Mantis |
predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer / Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina. / a slender predatory insect related to the cockroach. It waits motionless for prey with its large spiky forelegs folded like hands in prayer., | |
Usage | ⇒ A newcomer could easily get lost in its tunnels, and the unwary is easy prey to predatory wasps or mantises . |
Synonyms | dragonfly, mantid, ant, aphid, bedbug, bee, blowfly, bluebottle, bookworm, botfly, butterfly, centipede, chigger, chinch, cicada, cockroach, cricket, earwig, firefly, flea, |
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