mantis

See also Mantis

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• mantid

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mantis, “soothsayer”)

Noun

mantis (plural mantises or mantes)

1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

Derived terms

• praying mantis

Translations

any of various large insects of the order Mantodea

• Corsican: ghjumenta di preti (co)
• Czech: kudlanka (cs) f
• Finnish: sirkka (fi)
• French: mante (fr) f
• German: Gottesanbeterin (de) f
• Malay: mentadak (ms)
• Maori: rō (mi), whē (mi)

• Navajo: Naakaii náásééł
• Norwegian: kneler (no) m
• Polish: modliszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: louva-a-deus (pt) m, mantídeo (pt) m
• Russian: богомол (ru) (bogomól) m
• Slovene: bogomoljka (sl) f
• Spanish: mantis (es) f, mantis religiosa (es), santateresa (es) f, (South América) mamboretá (es) f
• Swedish: bönsyrsa

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