mantis
mantissa.

mantis
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera.

mantis
They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer.

mantis
The common American species is M.

mantis
Carolina. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.

mantis
predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.