Mantislike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a mantis.

    "She had large round eyeglasses and a radial distribution of face wrinkles which together gave a mantislike impression."

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"She had large round eyeglasses and a radial distribution of face wrinkles which together gave a mantislike impression."

Etymology

From mantis + -like.

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