mantisn.

Brit.

/ˈmantɪs/, U.S.

/ˈmæn(t)əs/

Inflections: Plural mantises, unchanged.

Forms: 1600s mantes (plural), 1600s– mantis, 1700s mantiss.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mantis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mantis (a1604) < Hellenistic Greek μάντις , a specific application (see below) of the ancient Greek sense ‘prophet, diviner’ (see mantic adj.). Compare French mante (1734 in form mente).Ancient etymologists attribute the name of the insect partly to its posture, and partly to the supposed divinatory significance of its appearance or movements (see quot. 1658 at main sense and compare a Byzantine Greek sense of μάντις, ‘the green tree frog Hyla arborea’, so called from its proverbial ability to predict the weather).

More fully praying mantis. Any of various predatory insects of the suborder Mantodea (order Dictyoptera), which are typically slender and cryptically coloured, with a mobile triangular head, elongated thorax, and large raptorial forelimbs held raised and folded like hands in prayer; (originally) esp. the green Mantis religiosa, which occurs throughout southern Europe. Also (in form Mantis): a genus that comprises some of the typical insects of this kind. Cf. mantid n. 1.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12, 1767) I. ii. 689.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae

locust1646

mantis1646

soothsayer1855

rearhorse1859

mantid1895

mantispid1926

praying locust1646

devil's horse1760

Hottentot god1785

praying insect1817

praying mantis1895

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 One kinde of Locust..stands..in a large erectnesse..by Zoographers called mantis .

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) xvi. 982 I have seen only three kinds [of the lesser Locusts]..they are called Mantes, foretellers... They do shew the Spring to be at hand, so Anacreon the Poet sang; or else they foretell dearth and famine, as Cælius the Scholiast of Theocritus have observed.

1704 Nat. Hist. vi, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 219 The Green Mantiss..like a Locust.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantis,..an Insect call'd The praying Locust.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 243 The Orator Mantis.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 305 The curious leaf-insect (Mantis).

1870 S. Mateer Travancore (1871) 90 Locusts, grass~hoppers, mantises, etc. abound.

1895 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 290 That quaint insect, the praying mantis.

1936 N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Aug. 17/4 Hordes of praying mantises, the queer brown and green insects,..descended on New York.

1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter iii. xii. 162 To my amazement the head of the Mantis turned and he looked straight before him, while the two long front feet held limp in front of him suddenly moved.

1964 Sci. 8 May 774/1 (advt.) Mantes, praying or otherwise.

1993 Equine Marketer July 3/2 Basically good bugs eat other bugs, and bad bugs eat plants. This is why knowledgeable folks are always happy to see good bugs like..praying mantis around their place.

Compounds

† mantis crab n. Obsolete rare = mantis shrimp n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae

squilla1658

sea grasshopper1668

squill-fish1681

squill1710

sea mantis1835

squillian1842

mantis crab1850

locust shrimp1867

mantis shrimp1871

mantid1941

1850 A. White List Specim. Crustacea Brit. Mus. 46 Squilla Desmarestii, The Mantis Crab.

mantis fly n. any of various predatory flying insects of the family Mantispidae (order Neuroptera), resembling mantids in having an elongated thorax and large, spined, raptorial front legs; a mantispid.

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1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 606/2 Mantis-fly, the name given to neuropterous insects of the family Mantispidae, related to the ant-lions, lace-wing flies, &c.

1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 176/4 (caption) Two mantisflies..that resemble a praying mantis because of their predatory shears.

1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 133 The mantis flies of the family Mantispidae are readily identified by the raptorial front legs with which they capture a variety of insect prey.

mantis shrimp n. any of various predatory marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (subclass Hoplocarida), with a pair of large, usually spined, raptorial front legs that resemble those of a mantis.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae

squilla1658

sea grasshopper1668

squill-fish1681

squill1710

sea mantis1835

squillian1842

mantis crab1850

locust shrimp1867

mantis shrimp1871

mantid1941

1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) xiv. §1065. 449 The Squilla mantis or Mantis-Shrimp.

1884 R. Rathbun in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 823 The Mantis Shrimp, or Sea Mantis—Squilla empusa, Say.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iv. 135 A tender-hearted mollusc (pinna) accepts the company of a beautiful form of mantis-shrimp.

1981 N. A. Meinkoth Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Seashore Creatures 598 This small mantis shrimp is the only American species whose claw is not armed with a row of sharp spines.

1989 Nature 11 May 139/2 Mantis shrimps are diurnally active and live in shallow, clear water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mantis
释义	mantisn. Brit. /ˈmantɪs/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)əs/ Inflections: Plural mantises, unchanged. Forms: 1600s mantes (plural), 1600s– mantis, 1700s mantiss. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mantis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mantis (a1604) < Hellenistic Greek μάντις , a specific application (see below) of the ancient Greek sense ‘prophet, diviner’ (see mantic adj.). Compare French mante (1734 in form mente).Ancient etymologists attribute the name of the insect partly to its posture, and partly to the supposed divinatory significance of its appearance or movements (see quot. 1658 at main sense and compare a Byzantine Greek sense of μάντις, ‘the green tree frog Hyla arborea’, so called from its proverbial ability to predict the weather). More fully praying mantis. Any of various predatory insects of the suborder Mantodea (order Dictyoptera), which are typically slender and cryptically coloured, with a mobile triangular head, elongated thorax, and large raptorial forelimbs held raised and folded like hands in prayer; (originally) esp. the green Mantis religiosa, which occurs throughout southern Europe. Also (in form Mantis): a genus that comprises some of the typical insects of this kind. Cf. mantid n. 1.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12, 1767) I. ii. 689. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae locust1646 mantis1646 soothsayer1855 rearhorse1859 mantid1895 mantispid1926 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae > mantis religiosa (praying mantis) praying locust1646 devil's horse1760 Hottentot god1785 praying insect1817 praying mantis1895 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 One kinde of Locust..stands..in a large erectnesse..by Zoographers called mantis . View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) xvi. 982 I have seen only three kinds [of the lesser Locusts]..they are called Mantes, foretellers... They do shew the Spring to be at hand, so Anacreon the Poet sang; or else they foretell dearth and famine, as Cælius the Scholiast of Theocritus have observed. 1704 Nat. Hist. vi, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 219 The Green Mantiss..like a Locust. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantis,..an Insect call'd The praying Locust. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 243 The Orator Mantis. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 305 The curious leaf-insect (Mantis). 1870 S. Mateer Travancore (1871) 90 Locusts, grass~hoppers, mantises, etc. abound. 1895 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 290 That quaint insect, the praying mantis. 1936 N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Aug. 17/4 Hordes of praying mantises, the queer brown and green insects,..descended on New York. 1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter iii. xii. 162 To my amazement the head of the Mantis turned and he looked straight before him, while the two long front feet held limp in front of him suddenly moved. 1964 Sci. 8 May 774/1 (advt.) Mantes, praying or otherwise. 1993 Equine Marketer July 3/2 Basically good bugs eat other bugs, and bad bugs eat plants. This is why knowledgeable folks are always happy to see good bugs like..praying mantis around their place. Compounds † mantis crab n. Obsolete rare = mantis shrimp n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae squilla1658 sea grasshopper1668 squill-fish1681 squill1710 sea mantis1835 squillian1842 mantis crab1850 locust shrimp1867 mantis shrimp1871 mantid1941 1850 A. White List Specim. Crustacea Brit. Mus. 46 Squilla Desmarestii, The Mantis Crab. mantis fly n. any of various predatory flying insects of the family Mantispidae (order Neuroptera), resembling mantids in having an elongated thorax and large, spined, raptorial front legs; a mantispid. ΚΠ 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 606/2 Mantis-fly, the name given to neuropterous insects of the family Mantispidae, related to the ant-lions, lace-wing flies, &c. 1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 176/4 (caption) Two mantisflies..that resemble a praying mantis because of their predatory shears. 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 133 The mantis flies of the family Mantispidae are readily identified by the raptorial front legs with which they capture a variety of insect prey. mantis shrimp n. any of various predatory marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (subclass Hoplocarida), with a pair of large, usually spined, raptorial front legs that resemble those of a mantis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae squilla1658 sea grasshopper1668 squill-fish1681 squill1710 sea mantis1835 squillian1842 mantis crab1850 locust shrimp1867 mantis shrimp1871 mantid1941 1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) xiv. §1065. 449 The Squilla mantis or Mantis-Shrimp. 1884 R. Rathbun in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 823 The Mantis Shrimp, or Sea Mantis—Squilla empusa, Say. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iv. 135 A tender-hearted mollusc (pinna) accepts the company of a beautiful form of mantis-shrimp. 1981 N. A. Meinkoth Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Seashore Creatures 598 This small mantis shrimp is the only American species whose claw is not armed with a row of sharp spines. 1989 Nature 11 May 139/2 Mantis shrimps are diurnally active and live in shallow, clear water. 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