mantid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mantid
    n 1: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions;
         rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer [syn: {mantis},
         {mantid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mantid \mantid\ n.
   A {mantis}.

   Syn: mantis.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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