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European mantis

European mantis noun: any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids.

european mantis: any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids
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Noun

European mantis (plural European mantises or European mantes)

  1. Any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids.
    • Her mate has tried to avoid this destiny. The male European mantis “uses his feelers to calm her down”, the BBC narrates.2021 May 27, Helen Sullivan, “A praying mantis: she bites into her mate’s head like an apple and cleans her face ‘like a cat’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023

Forms of European mantis

pluralEuropean mantises
pluralEuropean mantes

Questions about European mantis

What does European mantis mean?
European mantis means any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids.
What part of speech is European mantis?
European mantis is a noun.
What is the plural of European mantis?
The plural of European mantis is European mantises.

Words near European mantis in the dictionary

  1. European lobsters
  2. European lynx
  3. European lynxes
  4. European magpie
  5. European magpies
  6. European mantis
  7. European mink
  8. European minks
  9. European miracle
  10. European mistletoe
  11. European mistletoes

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