Mantis Carolina — Devil Dev il, n. [AS. de[ o]fol, de[ o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel, Goth. diaba[ u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mantis — Man tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious long bodied large eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mantis crab — Mantis Man tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious long bodied large eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mantis prawn — Mantis Man tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious long bodied large eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mantis shrimp — Mantis Man tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious long bodied large eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carolina mantis — Taxobox name = Carolina mantis image width = 250px image caption = Carolina mantis in praying position regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Mantodea familia = Mantidae genus = Stagmomantis species = S. carolina binomial … Wikipedia
Mantis — For other uses, see Praying mantis (disambiguation) and Mantis (disambiguation). Mantodea Temporal range: 145–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Carolina del Sur — Estado de Carolina del Sur State of South Carolina Estado de los Estados Unidos … Wikipedia Español
List of mantis genera and species — The following list of mantis genera and species is incomplete and will differ from those derived from older taxonomic categorizations.The insect Order Mantodea consists of approximately 2,000 species,cite… … Wikipedia
South Carolina — Caroline du Sud Pour les articles homonymes, voir Caroline … Wikipédia en Français