mantis

• mantid

From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntɪs/

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mantis (countable and uncountable, plural mantises or mantes)

1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

   Synonym: (archaic) rear-horse

2. (uncountable) A green colour, like that of many mantises. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   mantis:  

• MASINT, Mastin, Matins, Tamsin, manist, matins, santim, stamin, tamins

• IPA^(key): /ˈmantis/ [ˈmãn̪.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -antis
• Syllabification: man‧tis

mantis f (plural mantis)

1. mantis

• “mantis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024