MANTID
Dictionary entry overview: What does mantid mean? • MANTID (noun)
The noun MANTID has 1 sense:
1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
Familiarity information: MANTID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MANTID (noun)
Meaning:
Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mantid; mantis
Hypernyms ("mantid" is a kind of...):
dictyopterous insect (cockroaches and mantids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mantid"):
Mantis religioso; praying mantid; praying mantis (the common mantis)
Holonyms ("mantid" is a member of...):
genus Mantis (type genus of the Mantidae: mantises)
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