The Collaborative International Dictionary
mantis prawn
Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
Mantis shrimp. (Zo["o]l.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
mantis prawn
mantis prawn \mantis prawn\ n. Same as Squilla.
Syn: Mantis shrimp.
WordNet
mantis prawn
n. a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: squilla]