Mantis

See also: mantis

Translingual
Mantis religiosa (European mantis)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”)

Proper noun

Mantis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – the type genus of the Mantodea, the mantises.

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