Associations to the word «Mantis»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
MANTIS, noun. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
MANTIS, noun. A green colour, like that of a mantis.
MANTIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae — the type genus of the Mantodea, the mantises.
MANTIS CRAB, noun. Squilla (shrimp)
MANTIS CRABS, noun. Plural of mantis crab
MANTIS SHRIMP, noun. A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax
MANTIS SHRIMPS, noun. Plural of mantis shrimp
Dictionary definition
MANTIS, noun. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.