praying mantis

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   the common mantis

   Synonymspraying mantidMantis religioso

   Broadermantis

Questions about praying mantis

What does praying mantis mean?

praying mantis means "the common mantis".

What is another word for praying mantis?

Close synonyms include praying mantid, Mantis religioso. 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 praying mantis a common word?

praying mantis 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.