A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
To hunt for moths.
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).
A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.