praying mantis
noun
Origin of praying mantis
First recorded in 1700–10
Words nearby praying mantis
prayer rug,
prayer shawl,
prayer wheel,
prayer, not a,
prayerful,
praying mantis,
praziquantel,
prazosin,
prb,
prc,
pre-
Example sentences from the Web for praying mantis
Equally curious, too, is the praying-mantis, which also is very much like a leaf.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore WoodThe smell of a praying-mantis was acrid, and all beetles reeked of decay.
The Forgotten Planet |Murray Leinster