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A prayer with wings? Bro, it's poetic (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mantis

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'a prayer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wings? bro it's poetic' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it's' could be 'tis' (I've seen this before) and 'tis' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'man' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mantis that I've seen before include "Room equipped for milking cows" , "Praying insect at matins" , "Large insect (sometimes praying?)" , "Preying animal, the female of which is deadlier than the male!" , "Carnivorous insect, which rests as if in prayer" .)

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