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GENUS MANTIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Mantidae: mantises
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mantis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mantis"):
mantid; mantis (predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer)
Holonyms ("genus Mantis" is a member of...):
family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae (mantises)