Term: mantis: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
Candidate hypernym: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement → 1
Candidate hypernym: commune: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything → 0
Candidate hypernym: menurae: lyrebirds and scrubbirds → 0
Candidate hypernym: kite: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string → 0
Candidate hypernym: lightweight: a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: contest: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants → 0
Candidate hypernym: bb gun: an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air → 0
Candidate hypernym: childlessness: the condition of being without offspring → 0
Candidate hypernym: intercourse: communication between individuals → 0
Candidate hypernym: threescore: a set with 3 times 20 members → 0
Candidate hypernym: tipu: semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental → 0