Mantis

See also: mantis

Translingual

Mantis religiosa (European mantis)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”)

Proper noun

Mantis f

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – the type genus of the Mantodea, the mantises.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Mantodea - order; Mantidae - family; Mantinae - subfamily; Mantini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Mantis religiosa - type species; for other species see Mantis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .

References

Mantis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mantis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mantis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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