m 3 a 1 n 1 t 1 i 1 s 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
originFrom New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
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