praying mantis

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Etymology

Mantis from Greek μάντις (mántis). Named "praying mantis" for their stance, with the forelegs held together in a way that resembles a person praying. Similar designations exist in many European as well as non-European languages. Compare for example French mante religieuse (literally “religious mantis”), German Gottesanbeterin (literally “God-worshipper”), Portuguese louva-a-deus (literally “God-praiser”), Persian آخوندک (âxundak, literally “little cleric”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪ.ɪŋ ˈmæntɪs/

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Noun

praying mantis (plural praying mantises or praying mantes)

1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
2. (regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.
3. A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).

Synonyms

• (general term): mantid, mantis

Translations

any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family

Abinomn: tigʷərere Afrikaans: hottentotsgod Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: فَرَس اَلنَّبِيّ m (faras an-nabiyy) Armenian: աղոթարար (hy) (aġotʻarar), հարցուկ (hy) (harcʻuk) Azerbaijani: dəvədəlləyi Basque: marisorgin Belarusian: багамо́л m (bahamól) Bulgarian: богомо́лка f (bogomólka) Catalan: mantodeu m, pregadeu (ca) m, pregamans m Cebuano: simbasimba, bayingbaying Chinese: Dungan: хузы (huzɨ) Mandarin: 螳螂 (zh) (tángláng), 刀螂 (zh) (dāolang) Czech: kudlanka nábožná, kudlanka (cs) f Danish: knæler (da) c Dutch: bidsprinkhaan (nl) m Esperanto: manto (eo) Finnish: rukoilijasirkka (fi) French: mante religieuse (fr) f German: Gottesanbeterin (de) f, Fangschrecke f Greek: αλογάκι της Παναγίας (el) n (alogáki tis Panagías) Hebrew: גְּמַל שְׁלֹמֹה (he) m (gamál shlomó) Hungarian: imádkozó sáska (hu), ájtatos manó Ilocano: wasaywasay Italian: mantide religiosa f Japanese: 螳螂 (ja), 蟷螂 (ja) (かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō) Kaingang: jókaka Khmer: កណ្ដូបសេះ (kɑndoop seh) Korean: 사마귀 (ko) (samagwi), 당랑(螳螂) (ko) (dangnang) Lao: ແມງມ້າ (mǣng mā) Latvian: dievlūdzējs m Lithuanian: maldininkas m Macedonian: богомолка f (bogomolka) Malay: mentadak Maori: rō, whē Navajo: Naakaii náázééł Persian: آخوندک (fa) (âxundak) Pnar: chyrtoh Polish: modliszka (pl) f Portuguese: louva-a-deus (pt) m, cavalinho-de-deus m Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f Russian: богомо́л (ru) m (bogomól) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: богомољка f Roman: bogomoljka (sh) f Slovak: kudlanka f, kudlanka nábožná f Slovene: bogomolka (sl) f Spanish: mantis religiosa (es) f, rezadora (es) f, campamocha (es) f (Mexico), cerbatana (es) f (Venezuela), mamboretá (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay), santateresa (es) f (Spain), tatadiós (es) m (Argentina), triquitesa f (Western Spain, specifically Extremadura), usamico m (Northwestern Argentina), carpintesa f, mantis (es) f Swedish: bönsyrsa (sv) c Tagalog: sambasamba, sasamba, mandadangkal Thai: ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว (dták-gà-dtɛɛn-dtam-kâao), ตั๊กแตนต่อยมวย Turkish: peygamberdevesi (tr), peygamber devesi (tr) Ukrainian: богомо́л m (bohomól)

any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order

Catalan: mantodeu m Cebuano: bayingbaying Chinese: Mandarin: 螳螂 (zh) (tángláng) Danish: knæler (da) c

Mantis religiosa

Breton: pederez (br) f Bulgarian: богомолка f (bogomolka) Catalan: pregadeu (ca) m Cebuano: bayingbaying Chinese: Mandarin: 薄翅螳 Dutch: Europese bidsprinkhaan (nl) m Finnish: rukoilijasirkka (fi), eurooppalainen rukoilijasirkka French: mante religieuse (fr) f Galician: barbantesa (gl) f German: Europäische Gottesanbeterin f Irish: maintis chrábhaidh f Kapampangan: kansasamba Korean: 항라사마귀 (hangnasamagwi) Russian: обыкнове́нный богомо́л m (obyknovénnyj bogomól) Slovene: bogomolka (sl) f Spanish: mantis religiosa (es) f