mantis
Part of speech: noun
An insect which assumes a position as of prayer when waiting for its insect prey.
Usage examples "mantis":
- The other Mantis is ash- grey. - "More Hunting Wasps", J. Henri Fabre.
- Cesnola, experiments on Mantis by. - "Darwin and Modern Science", A.C. Seward and Others.
- Khudabakhsh, the Indian, at Cairo generally dressed in a tender green suit like a Mantis. - "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah", Sir Richard Francis Burton.
