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- Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
- (regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.
- A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).
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