Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mantis in the family Mantidae.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the family Mantidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the orthopterous family Mantidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A
mantis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
mantis (insect)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A mantid is the most humanlike of insects; it has its eyes arranged so that it can see forward, allowing it depth perception.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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Albert was taken by a third of this species—really an upright mantid of sorts, its carapace like a gleaming veined topcoat in swallowtail.
Locust Valley Breakdown Andrew Edwards 2012
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Do look for the mantid egg case, they are way cool and considered beneficial, although they will eat any bug that comes within their grasp, good along with the bad.
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The mantid case is too cool, agreed, and the babies are too cute!
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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Diane is having a banner year and there are several mantid egg cases that have been noticed.
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You will also need a nice copper mantid to stand guard of course.
Back To Regular Programming-Mishmash Style* « Fairegarden 2009
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SNAIL'S TALES: Scientist attacked by vicious mantid!
Scientist attacked by vicious mantid! AYDIN 2007
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I found a mantid outside after taking my daughter to school and took pictures of it, eventually getting it to walk onto my hand.
Scientist attacked by vicious mantid! AYDIN 2007
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No sooner had I recovered from the psychological trauma of last week's mantid attack than my pure blood was spilled again in broad daylight.
Scientist attacked by bloodthirsty tiger! AYDIN 2007
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I have never been treated like that by a female mantid before.
Scientist attacked by vicious mantid! AYDIN 2007
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