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Word comparison: mantid vs. mantis
mantid vs. mantis
mantid
noun
mantis
.
mantis
noun
plural
mantises,
mantes
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.