animalMantisBeings · NatureMantis as an animal people have named and used. Prayer-pose, precise strike, wait — one living kind, not a single symbol.Mantis is historically related to Wool.In Dunglison's Medical Lexicon, Mantis is treated with Wool; piece and peer stock share the entry.from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)historically related to · sourced · documentedsourcesMedical Lexicon · Robley DunglisonRobley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).