praying mantis

Significado (Inglés)

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).

Conceptos

mantis religiosa

santateresa

tatadiós

usamico

triquitesa

campamocha

mamboretá

mantis

mamboretá Uruguay

cerbatana

mantis palo

Sinónimos

stick insect

mantis

praying mantid

Mantis religioso

European mantis

i stick insect

dragonfly

European praying mantis

grasshopper

squilla

dictyopterous insect

mantid

Traducciones

mante religieuse

Gottesanbeterin

mantide religiosa

louva-a-deus

Mantodea

αλογάκι της Παναγίας

bidsprinkhaan

pregadéu

cavalinho-de-deus

europäische Gottesanbeterin

mantodeu

pregadéus

Mantis religiosa

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con francés: mante religieuse

Cognado con alemán: Gottesanbeterin

Cognado con portugués: louva-a-deus

Cognado con persa: 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”).