Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

european mantis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: eu-ro-pean -man-tis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids.

Example Sentences

"Her mate has tried to avoid this destiny. The male European mantis “uses his feelers to calm her down”, the BBC narrates."

Inflected Forms

European mantises (plural) European mantes (plural)

Questions

What does european mantis mean?: Any of the species Mantis religiosa of mantids.

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