Mantis (disambiguation)

Mantis is the common name of any insect in the order Mantodea, also commonly known as praying mantises.

Mantis may also refer to:

Science and technology

Biology
  • Mantis (genus), a genus of mantises
  • Mantis shrimp, also known as stomatopods, predatory crustaceans
  • Mantispidae or mantis-flies, small predatory insects whose front legs are similar to those of a praying mantis

Computing

Spacecraft
  • MANTIS, "Main-belt Asteroid and NEO Tour with Imaging and Spectroscopy", a proposed NASA spacecraft that would flyby multiple asteroids.

Arts and entertainment
  • Mantis (album), a 2009 studio album by progressive rock/jam band Umphrey's McGee

Comics

Games
  • Psycho Mantis, a boss in the videogame Metal Gear Solid
  • Mantis, an alien insect-like race in the real-time strategy computer game Conquest: Frontier Wars
  • Mantis, an alien race in the MMORPG Pirate Galaxy
  • XF5700 Mantis, a space sim by MicroPlay in 1992

Film and television

Military

Other uses
  • Jeremy Coney, former New Zealand cricket captain's nicknamed "The Mantis"
  • Cagn, a god of the San of southern Africa, who often takes the shape of a praying mantis
  • Mantis (roller coaster), a former stand-up roller coaster at Cedar Point
  • Marcos Mantis, a British sports car
  • Mantis, the ancient Greek word for seer or soothsayer, one cognizant of the will of divinity, which he learns through divination
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See also
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