mantis
noun
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
mantes
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pluralof mantis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Of course this wonderful deliverance is of God’s sending, and we will thank Him heartily for it; but at present you must go with them and take the mantes with you.”
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by H.C. Adams
The crickets, grasshoppers, walking sticks, praying mantes, and cockroaches, strange as it may seem, are all near relatives to each other.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
I will give an example, taken from the mantes, or praying insect, where, though the difference in size between the sexes is much less than among many spiders, the ferocity of the female is extraordinary.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
The young mantes are similar to their parents, only they have no wings.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
In due time a proclamation arrived from England creating The Order of the Golden Horseshoe and also fifty tiny golden horseshoes inscribed in Latin "Sic jurat transcerde mantes".
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
