1) Apparently it prays and preys 2) Beetle-eater 3) Being from the marvel comics 4) Being from the marvel series 5) Bug with prominent forelegs 6) Cannibalistic insect 7) Close cousin of the cockroach 8) Cousin of a cockroach 9) DC Comics supervillain 10) Devout insect 11) Dictyopterous insect 12) Figure from the marvel series
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1) Bug 2) Mantid
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The English common name for the order is the mantises, or rarely (using a Latinized plural of Greek mantis), the mantes. The name mantid refers only to members of the family Mantidae, which was, historically, the only family in the Order, but with 14 additional families recognized in recent decades, this term can be confusing. The other common nam...
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[genus] Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 15 species: ...
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• (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.
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<zoology> Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina. Mantis shrimp. ... <zoology> See Sguil...
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Man'tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a prophet.]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus
Mantis , and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggestin...
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HMS Mantis was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915. HMS Mantis was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with two 6 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and ten smaller guns.
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n] - predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions
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Mantodea - the Mantodea (or Praying mantids) are an Order of predatory insects. Praying mantids get their common name from the stance they commonly adopt.
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mantid noun predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
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Any of a group of carnivorous insects related to cockroaches. There are about 2,000 species of mantis, mainly tropical; some can reach a length of 20 cm/8 in. (Family Mantidae, order Dictyoptera.) Mantises are often called `praying mantises` because of the way they hold their front ...
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predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions
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