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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Praying \Pray"ing\, a. & n. from Pray , v. Praying insect , Praying locust , or Praying mantis (Zo["o]l.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa . See Mantis . Praying machine , or Praying wheel , a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For more and more she is coming to resemble a mechanical praying mantis , frozen there in the glass, he wrote. ▪ He was very tall, perhaps six foot five, all elbow and forearm, like an enormous ginger praying mantis . ▪ I watched ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the common mantis [syn: praying mantid , Mantis religioso ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Praying mantis (often shortened to simply mantis ) refers to any insect in the order Mantodea. Some other meanings are as follows: the European mantis , Mantis religiosa , known in Europe as "the praying mantis" Northern Praying Mantis , the Northern ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various predatory, cannibalism insects of the family Mantidae that have a prayer-like stance. 2 (context regional in Europe English) A mantid of the species (taxlink Mantis religiosa species noshow=1).