A mantis. Now only in praying locust (see praying, adj. compounds).
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae (11) locust1646 A mantis. Now only in praying locust (see praying, adj. compounds). mantis1646 More fully praying mantis. Any of various predatory insects of the suborder Mantodea (order Dictyoptera), which are typically slender and… soothsayer1855 transferred. An insect of the family Mantidæ; a mantis (cf. quot. 1855). rearhorse1859 A praying mantis (= mantis, n.). mantid1895 Entomology. A mantis (mantis, n.). mantispid1926 A mantis fly (see mantis, n. compounds). Frequently attributive. Subcategories:— mantis religiosa (praying mantis) (5) |
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