praying mantis

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A praying mantis

Etymology

Mantis from Greek μάντις. Named "praying mantis" for their stance, whith "hands" held together, resembling a person praying.

Noun

praying mantis (plural praying mantises or praying mantes)

1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the family Mantidae that have a prayer-like stance.
2. (regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.

Synonyms

• (general term): mantid, mantis

Translations

any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family

• Afrikaans: hottentotsgod (af)
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: فرس النبي (ar) (faras an-nabii) m
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: богомолка (bg) (bogomólka) f
• Catalan: mantodeu (ca) m, pregadéu (ca) m, pregamans (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螳螂 (cmn) (táng láng)

• Czech: kudlanka nábožná (cs)
• Dutch: bidsprinkhaan (nl) m
• Finnish: rukoilijasirkka (fi)
• French: mante religieuse (fr) f
• German: Gottesanbeterin (de) f
• Greek: αλογάκι της Παναγίας (el) (alogáki tis Panayías) n
• Hebrew: גמלי שלמה (he)
• Hungarian: imádkozó sáska (hu)
• Italian: mantide religiosa (it) f
• Japanese: カマキリ (ja) (kamakiri), とうろう (ja) (tōrō)

• Korean: 사마귀 (ko) (samagwi)
• Lithuanian: maldininkas (lt) m
• Maori: rō (mi), whē (mi)
• Navajo: Naakaii náásééł
• Persian: آخوندک (fa) (âkhundak)
• Polish: modliszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: louva-a-deus (pt) m, cavalinho-de-deus (pt) m
• Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f
• Russian: богомол (ru) (bogomól) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: богомољка (sh) f

  Roman: bogomoljka (sh) f

• Slovene: bogomolka (sl) f
• Spanish: mantis religiosa (es) f, campamocha (es) f (Mexico), cerbatana (es) f (Venezuela), mamboretá (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay), santateresa (es) f (Spain), tatadiós (es) m (Argentina), triquitesa (es) f (Western Spain, specifically Extremadura), usamico (es) m (Northwestern Argentina)
• Turkish: peygamberdevesi (tr), peygamber devesi (tr)

Mantis religiosa

• Breton: pederez (br) f
• Finnish: rukoilijasirkka (fi), eurooppalainen rukoilijasirkka (fi)

• Slovene: bogomolka (sl) f