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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmæntɪs/ Audio: en-us-mantis.ogg [US] Forms: mantises [plural], mantes [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{bor|en|NL.|mantis}} New Latin mantis, {{der|en|grc|μάντις||soothsayer}} Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”), {{doublet|en|mind|nocap=1}} doublet of mind, {{der|en|ine-pro|*méntis}} Proto-Indo-European *méntis Head templates: {{en-noun|+|mantes}} mantis (plural mantises or mantes)
  1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs. Categories (lifeform): Mantids Synonyms (insect): rearhorse Translations (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea): μάντις (mántis) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), فَرَس اَلنَّبِيّ (faras an-nabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), سُرْعُوف (surʕūf) [masculine] (Arabic), سَرْعُوف (sarʕūf) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), աղոթարար (aġotʻarar) (Armenian), গাগিনী (gagini) (Assamese), dəvədəlləyi (Azerbaijani), багамо́л (bahamól) [masculine] (Belarusian), богомо́лка (bogomólka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pregadeu (Catalan), 螳螂 (tángláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 刀螂 (dāolang) (Chinese Mandarin), ghjumenta di preti (Corsican), kudlanka [feminine] (Czech), knæler [common-gender] (Danish), bidsprinkhaan [masculine] (Dutch), manto (Esperanto), rukoilijasirkka (Finnish), mante [feminine] (French), barbantesa [feminine] (Galician), galbana [feminine] (Galician), ჩოქელა (čokela) (Georgian), Gottesanbeterin [feminine] (German), Fangschrecke [feminine] (German), mantide [feminine] (Italian), 螳螂 (Japanese), 蟷螂 (alt: かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō) (Japanese), дәуіт (däuıt) (Kazakh), 사마귀 (samagwi) (Korean), 당랑 (dangnang) (alt: 螳螂) (Korean), maldininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), богомолка (bogomolka) [feminine] (Macedonian), mentadak (Malay), ᡥᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ (heliyen) (Manchu), (Maori), whē (Maori), цөгөрцөг (cögörcög) (Mongolian), chepkoima (Nandi), Naakaii náázééł (Navajo), kneler [masculine] (Norwegian), آخوندک (âxundak) (Persian), modliszka [feminine] (Polish), louva-a-deus [masculine] (Portuguese), mantídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), călugăriță [feminine] (Romanian), богомо́л (bogomól) [masculine] (Russian), богомољка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bogomoljka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kudlanka [feminine] (Slovak), bogomoljka [feminine] (Slovene), mantis [feminine] (Spanish), mantis religiosa (Spanish), santateresa [feminine] (Spanish), (South América) mamboretá [feminine] (Spanish), mantodeo [masculine] [scientific, sciences] (Spanish), ᮎᮧᮀᮎᮧᮛᮀ (congcorang) (Sundanese), bönsyrsa (Swedish), богомо́л (bohomól) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bọ ngựa (alt: 蜅馭) (Vietnamese), ngựa trời (alt: 馭𡗶) (Vietnamese), mantis [masculine] (Welsh), isithwalambiza [class-7, class-8] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-mantis-en-noun-8-f7eiWD Disambiguation of Mantids: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'insect': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'any of various large insects of the order Mantodea': 97 3
  2. A green colour, like that of many mantises. Categories (topical): Greens
    Sense id: en-mantis-en-noun-KqQxmFC- Disambiguation of Greens: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mantid Derived forms: Chinese mantis, flower mantis, mantis crab, mantis shrimp, praying mantis, Skinner's ground mantis

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈmantis/, [ˈmãn̪.t̪is] Forms: mantis [plural]
Rhymes: -antis Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} mantis f (plural mantis)
  1. mantis Tags: feminine Derived forms: mantis religiosa
    Sense id: en-mantis-es-noun-k7X~Ftz5 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čokela",
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          "word": "ჩოქელა"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Gottesanbeterin"
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          "alt": "かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō",
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          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "däuıt",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "дәуіт"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "samagwi",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "사마귀"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dangnang",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "당랑"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "maldininkas"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bogomolka",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "богомолка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "mentadak"
        },
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          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "heliyen",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "ᡥᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "rō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "whē"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "cögörcög",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "цөгөрцөг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "niq",
          "lang": "Nandi",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "chepkoima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "Naakaii náázééł"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kneler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âxundak",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "آخوندک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "modliszka"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "louva-a-deus"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mantídeo"
        },
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "călugăriță"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bogomól",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "богомо́л"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "богомољка"
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          "word": "bogomoljka"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kudlanka"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bogomoljka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mantis"
        },
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          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "mantis religiosa"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "santateresa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "(South América) mamboretá"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "tags": [
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          "topics": [
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            "sciences"
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          "word": "mantodeo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "roman": "congcorang",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "ᮎᮧᮀᮎᮧᮛᮀ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
          "word": "bönsyrsa"
        },
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "刀螂"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "manto"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "rukoilijasirkka"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mante"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "barbantesa"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "ჩოქელა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gottesanbeterin"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fangschrecke"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "mántis",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "μάντις"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mantide"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "螳螂"
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      "alt": "かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "дәуіт"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samagwi",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "사마귀"
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    {
      "alt": "螳螂",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dangnang",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "당랑"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "maldininkas"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "богомолка"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "mentadak"
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      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "heliyen",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "ᡥᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "rō"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "цөгөрцөг"
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      "code": "niq",
      "lang": "Nandi",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "chepkoima"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "Naakaii náázééł"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kneler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âxundak",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "آخوندک"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modliszka"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "louva-a-deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mantídeo"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "călugăriță"
    },
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      "roman": "bogomól",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "богомо́л"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "богомољка"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bogomoljka"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kudlanka"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bogomoljka"
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "mantis religiosa"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "santateresa"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "(South América) mamboretá"
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
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        "sciences"
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      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "congcorang",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "ᮎᮧᮀᮎᮧᮛᮀ"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "bönsyrsa"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohomól",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "богомо́л"
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      "alt": "蜅馭",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "bọ ngựa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "馭𡗶",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "word": "ngựa trời"
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      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mantis"
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      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "any of various large insects of the order Mantodea",
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        "class-8"
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      "word": "isithwalambiza"
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        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mantis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mantis",
          "mantis#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmantis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmãn̪.t̪is]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mantis"
}

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