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<blockquote data-quote="tim" data-source="post: 13233" data-attributes="member: 336"><p>The <em>Oxford English Dictionary </em>cites that the two accepted pluralised forms of the word mantis are <strong>mantises </strong>and <strong>mantis</strong>, coming originally from the Greek meaning 'prophet' (which of course is consistent with the term <em>praying</em> mantis, not <em>preying</em>). The <em>OED</em> also gives <strong>mantid </strong>as an alternative term for <strong>mantis</strong>.</p><p></p><p>However, if we follow the general terminology of scientific literature, we would assume that mantid refers specifically to the family Mantidae, and not the general order Mantodea, just as we could refer to a member of the family Empusidae as an empusid.</p><p></p><p>I always find it more useful to refer to the Mantodea as the mantises, and save the term mantid for the family Mantidae.</p><p></p><p>I also suspect that I've got too much time on my hands...</p><p></p><p>Tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim, post: 13233, member: 336"] The [I]Oxford English Dictionary [/I]cites that the two accepted pluralised forms of the word mantis are [B]mantises [/B]and [B]mantis[/B], coming originally from the Greek meaning 'prophet' (which of course is consistent with the term [I]praying[/I] mantis, not [I]preying[/I]). The [I]OED[/I] also gives [B]mantid [/B]as an alternative term for [B]mantis[/B]. However, if we follow the general terminology of scientific literature, we would assume that mantid refers specifically to the family Mantidae, and not the general order Mantodea, just as we could refer to a member of the family Empusidae as an empusid. I always find it more useful to refer to the Mantodea as the mantises, and save the term mantid for the family Mantidae. I also suspect that I've got too much time on my hands... Tim [/QUOTE]
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