Mantis

See also: mantis

Translingual

Mantis religiosa (European mantis)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”)

Proper noun

Mantis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – type genus of the order Mantodea of mantises.

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