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PRAYING MANTID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does praying mantid mean? 

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

1. the common mantisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAYING MANTID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The common mantis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mantis religioso; praying mantid; praying mantis

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

mantid; mantis (predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer)


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