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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, 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 {Mantis Carolina}.
[1913 Webster]
{Mantis shrimp}. (Zool.) The {Squilla}, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called {mantis crab} and {mantis prawn}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mantis
n 1: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions;
rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer [syn: {mantis},
{mantid}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
