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Mantis

//ˈmæntɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer wordnet
  3. 3
    A green colour, like that of many mantises. uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

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