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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

n. Array
     Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, 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 Mantis Carolina.  [1913 Webster]
Mantis shrimp. (Zoöl.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n. (pl. same or mantises) any insect of the family Mantidae, feeding on other insects etc.

Idiom
praying mantis a mantis, Mantis religiosa, that holds its forelegs in a position suggestive of hands folded in prayer, while waiting to pounce on its prey.
Etymology
Gk, = prophet
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