MANTID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mantid mean? 

• MANTID (noun)
  The noun MANTID has 1 sense:

1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

  Familiarity information: MANTID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANTID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mantid; mantis

Hypernyms ("mantid" is a kind of...):

dictyopterous insect (cockroaches and mantids)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mantid"):

Mantis religioso; praying mantid; praying mantis (the common mantis)

Holonyms ("mantid" is a member of...):

genus Mantis (type genus of the Mantidae: mantises)