mantislike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a mantis.

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Meanings

adjectivemantislike (comparative more mantislike, superlative most mantislike)

comparative more mantislike · superlative most mantislike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mantis.

    She had large round eyeglasses and a radial distribution of face wrinkles which together gave a mantislike impression.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From mantis + -like.

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APA

mantislike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantislike

MLA

“mantislike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantislike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mantislike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantislike.

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