praying mantis

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
2. (regional) 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).

Konzepte

Gottesanbeterin

europäische Gottesanbeterin

Fangheuschrecken

Fangschrecken

Europäische Gottesanbeterin

Synonyme

stick insect

mantis

praying mantid

Mantis religioso

European mantis

i stick insect

dragonfly

European praying mantis

grasshopper

squilla

dictyopterous insect

mantid

Übersetzungen

mante religieuse

Mantodea

louva-a-deus

mantide religiosa

mantis religiosa

αλογάκι της Παναγίας

santateresa

cavalinho-de-deus

pregadéu

bidsprinkhaan

campamocha

mantodeu

pregadéus

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Französisch: mante religieuse

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Gottesanbeterin

Verwandt mit Portugiesisch: louva-a-deus

Verwandt mit Persisch: آخوندک

In summary

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”).