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Meaning of praying mantis

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praying mantis

noun

Definitions

Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
(in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.
A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).

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