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Only Insects That Can Turn Their Heads To Look Behind Them Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MANTISES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

37%7Insects with a high degree of flexibility in their neck, allowing them to rotate their heads 180 degrees
noun

• predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

34%6 Thick wooden chopping-boards upon which individuals are said to figuratively place their heads or necks when risking their reputations etc
noun

• a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

• a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

• a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

• a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

• housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

• (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

• an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

• a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

• a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• a platform from which an auctioneer sells

• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

verb

• render unsuitable for passage

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• stop from happening or developing

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• run on a block system

• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block

• obstruct

• block passage through

• support, secure, or raise with a block

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• be unable to remember

• shape by using a block

• shape into a block or blocks

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

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