English Dictionary:
- 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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