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mantid [man-tid] ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of mantid mant(is) + -id2 Examples from the Web for mantid Historical Examples of mantid
In this subsection the Diptera, Libellulina and Mantid will find their place.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)
William Kirby
The Mantid are pretty insects, of very different habits from the preceding.
Louis Figuier
We now come to a very extraordinary family of insects, the Mantid.
Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.
Frank Cowan
The Empusa, which forms another genus of Mantid, has the antenn indented like a comb in the males, thread-like in the females.
Louis Figuier