Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun praying_mantis

1 sense of praying mantis

Sense 1
praying mantis, praying mantid, Mantis religioso -- (the common mantis)
       => mantis, mantid -- (predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer)