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Mantis
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| mantis (ˈmæntɪs) | |
| —n , pl -tises, -tes | |
| See also cockroach Also called: praying mantis any carnivorous typically green insect of the family Mantidae, of warm and tropical regions, having a long body and large eyes and resting with the first pair of legs raised as if in prayer: order Dictyoptera | |
| [C17: New Latin, from Greek: prophet, alluding to its praying posture] | |
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Word Origin & History
mantis
1658, "type of insect that holds its forelegs in a praying position" (esp. the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa), from Gk. mantis, lit. "one who divines, a seer, prophet," from mainesthai "be inspired," related to menos "passion, spirit" (see mania). The insect so called for
EXPANDits way of holding the forelimbs as if in prayer. Also used in Gk. for some sort of grasshopper (Theocritus).
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MANTIS definition
languageA structured, full-function procedural 4GL and application development system from Cincom. MANTIS enables the developer to design prototypes, create transaction screens and reports, define logical data views, write structured procedures, and dynamically test, correct, document, secure, and release applications for production in a single, integrated, interactive session.
MANTIS applications can be enhanced with gOOi, the graphical object-oriented interface, which creates graphical Windows representations of existing MANTIS screens.
(http://cincom.com/products/mantis/).
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