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Praying mantis   /prˈeɪɪŋ mˈæntɪs/   Listen
Praying mantis

noun
1.
The common mantis.  Synonyms: Mantis religioso, praying mantid.





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"Praying mantis" Quotes from Famous Books



... made of tethering the green variety of Praying Mantis on green herbage, fastening them with silk threads. They escape the notice of birds. The same is true when the brown variety is tethered on withered herbage. But if the green ones are put on brown plants, or the brown ones on green plants, the birds pick them off. Similarly, out of 300 chickens ...
— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson


Words linked to "Praying mantis" :   mantid, mantis


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