'mantis' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'mantis' with 2 example sentences.
- mantis noun
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: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
"Mom, why don't we have a father?", asked the little praying mantis.
After realizing copulation, the female praying mantis usually devours the male.