Definition of Mantes
||Man"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a
prophet.] (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) See
Sguilla.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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