mantis shrimp

English

Noun

mantis shrimp (plural mantis shrimps or mantis shrimp)

1. A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.

Synonyms

• prawn killer (Australia)
• thumb splitter

Hyponyms

• clown mantis shrimp
• harlequin mantis shrimp
• painted mantis shrimp
• peacock mantis shrimp
• peacock mantis shrimp
• rainbow mantis shrimp

 

Translations

stomatopod

• Afrikaans: mantisgarnaal
• Basque: itsas mantis
• Catalan: galera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (haa¹ gu¹)

  Eastern Min: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (hà-kŭ)

  Hokkien: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (hê-ko͘)

  Mandarin: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (zh) (xiāgū)

• Danish: søknæler c
• Dutch: bidsprinkhaankreeft f, mantisgarnaal m
• Finnish: sirkkaäyriäinen, mantisrapu
• French: squille (fr) f, crevette-mante (fr) m
• Georgian: პირფეხია (ṗirpexia)
• German: Fangschreckenkrebs m
• Greek: γαρίδα μάντης f (garída mántis)

  Ancient: κραγγών m (krangṓn)

• Hungarian: sáskarák
• Indonesian: udang sentadu
• Irish: ribe róibéis maintise m
• Italian: canocchia (it) f
• Japanese: 蝦蛄 (ja) (シャコ, shako)
• Korean: 구각목 (gugangmok), 갯가재 (ko) (gaetgajae)
• Lithuanian: burnakojis m
• Malay: udang lipan
• Navajo: táłtłʼááh naakaii náásééł yił aheełtʼéhii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjøkneler m

  Nynorsk: sjøknelar m

• Polish: ustonóg m
• Portuguese: tamarutaca (pt) f, lagosta-gafanhoto f, lacraia-do-mar f (Brazil)
• Russian: ротоно́г m (rotonóg), рак-богомол m (rak-bogomol)
• Slovene: bogomolčar m
• Spanish: galera (es) f, langosta mantis f
• Swedish: mantisräka c
• Tagalog: tatampal
• Thai: กั้ง (th) (gâng)
• Turkish: mantis karidesi, peygamberdevesi karidesi
• Ukrainian: ротоног m (rotonoh), рак-богомол m (rak-bohomol)
• Vietnamese: tôm tít, bề bề