genus mantis

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Mantidae: mantises (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mantid, mantis,
definition	:	predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family manteidae, family mantidae, manteidae, mantidae,
definition	:	mantises (noun.animal)