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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Man·tis n.  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.
 Mantis shrimp. Zool. The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages.  Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Squil·la n.; pl. E. Squillas L. Squillae   Zool. Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera.  They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore.  Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mantis shrimp
      n : tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping
          appendages [syn: mantis crab]