n. A mantis.
prop. n. The natural family conmprising the mantises. Same as
n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]
Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]