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Insect (6)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">insect</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(mantis is a kind of insect)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for mantis that I've seen before include "A praying . . . . . . is a kind of grasshopper" , "Preying animal, the female of which is deadlier than the male!" , "Large-eyed insect, looks as if it's praying" , "may be praying" , "Room equipped for milking cows" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Independent, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The Sun and The Telegraph.
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