mantis religioso

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   the common mantis

   Synonymspraying mantispraying mantid

   Broadermantis

Questions about mantis religioso

What does mantis religioso mean?

mantis religioso means "the common mantis".

What is another word for mantis religioso?

Close synonyms include praying mantis, praying mantid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mantis religioso a common word?

mantis religioso is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.