praying mantis

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

mante religieuse

diablotin

mante

mantidés

mantoptères

Synonymes

stick insect

mantis

praying mantid

Mantis religioso

European mantis

i stick insect

dragonfly

European praying mantis

grasshopper

squilla

dictyopterous insect

mantid

Traductions

Gottesanbeterin

mantis religiosa

Mantodea

mantide religiosa

louva-a-deus

santateresa

αλογάκι της Παναγίας

pregadéu

bidsprinkhaan

cavalinho-de-deus

europäische Gottesanbeterin

mantodeu

Mantis religiosa

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: mante religieuse

Appartenant à allemand: Gottesanbeterin

Appartenant à portugais: louva-a-deus

Appartenant à persan: 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”).