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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with 'species' microformats, Articles with short description, Extant Cretaceous first appearances, Insects in culture, Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
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mantis  mantid  Mantodea  Preying mantis  Hottentotsgot
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Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer WordNet 3.0
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Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Mantises are an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. Wikipedia
Common name of any insect in the order Mantodea, also commonly known as praying mantises. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Order of insects Wikidata
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs. Wiktionary
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea. Wiktionary (translation)