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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 mantis
Familiarity information: PRAYING MANTID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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