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5,857- Mantis
- Mantispid
- Mantissa
- MANTLE
- Mantlet
- Mantling
- Manto
- Mantologist
- Mantology
- Mantra
- Mantrap
- Mantua
- Mantuamaker
- Mantuan
- Manu
- Manual
- Manualist
- Manually
- Manuary
- Manubial
- Manubrial
- Manubrium
- Manucode
- Manuducent
- Manuduction
- Manuductor
- Manufactory
- Manufactural
- Manufacture
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturing
- Manul
- Manumise
- Manumission
- Manumit
- Manumotive
- Manumotor
- Manurable
- Manurage
- Manurance
- Manure
- Manurement
- Manurer
- Manurial
- Manuring
- Manus
- Manuscript
- Manuscriptal
- Manutenency
- Manway
- Manx
- Many
- Many-Minded
- Many-Sided
- Manyplies
- Manyways; Manywise
- Manzanilla
- Manzanita
- MAOCH
- MAON
- Maonites
- MAONITES, THE
- Maori
- Map
- Mapach
- Maple
- Maplike
- Mappery
- Maqui
- Mar
- MAR-ALAH
- Mar-Text
- MARA
- Marabou
- Marabout
- Maracan
- MARAH
- Marai
- Maralah
- MARANATHA,
- Maranta
- Maraschino
- Marasmus
- Marathi; Mahratta
- Maraud
- Marauder
- Maravedi
- MARBLE,
- Marble-Edged
- Marbled
- Marbleize
- Marbler
- Marbling
- Marbly
- Marbrinus
- Marc
- Marcantant
- Marcasite
- Marcasitic; Marcasitical
- Marcassin
- Marcato
- Marceline
- Marcescent
- Marcescible
- March
- March-Mad
- March-Ward
- Marcher
- Marcheshvan
- Marchet; Merchet
- Marching
- Marchioness
- Marchman
- Marchpane
- Marcian
- Marcid
- Marcidity
- Marcionite
- Marcobrunner
- Marconi
- Marconi System
- Marconi'S Law
- Marconigram
- Marconigraph
- Marconism
- Marcor
- Marcosian
- MARCUS.
- Mardi Gras
- Mare
- Mare Clausum
- MARE SHAH
- Mare'S-Nest
- Mare'S-Tail
- Marechal Niel
- Mareis
- Marena
- Mareschal
- Mareshah
- Mareshah, Or Mareshah
- Margarate
- Margaric
- Margarin
- Margarine
- Margaritaceous
- Margarite
- Margaritic
- Margaritiferous
- Margarodite
- Margarone
- Margarous
- Margaryize; Margary'S Fluid
- Margate Fish
- Margay
- Marge
- Margent
- Margin
- Marginal
- Marginalia
- Marginally
- Marginate
- Marginated
- Margined
- Marginella
- Marginicidal
- Margosa
- Margravate; Margraviate
- Margrave
- Margravine
- Marguerite
- Marian
- Marie
- Mariet
- Marigenous
- Marigold
- Marikina
- Marimba
- Marimonda
- Marinade
- Marinate
- Marine
- Marined
- Mariner
- Marinership
- Marinism
- Marinorama
- Mariolater
- Mariolatry
- Marionette
- Mariotte'S Law
- Mariposa Lily
- Mariput
- Marish
- Marital
- Maritated
- Maritimal; Maritimale
- Maritime
- Marjoram
- MARK,
- Mark, Gospel according to
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Mantis
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina. Mantis shrimp. (Zoöl.) See Sguilla.