praying mantis

Significado (Inglês)

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).

Conceitos

louva-a-deus

cavalinho-de-deus

Sinônimos

stick insect

mantis

praying mantid

Mantis religioso

European mantis

i stick insect

dragonfly

European praying mantis

grasshopper

squilla

dictyopterous insect

mantid

Traduções

mante religieuse

Gottesanbeterin

mantide religiosa

mantis religiosa

Mantodea

santateresa

αλογάκι της Παναγίας

bidsprinkhaan

pregadéu

campamocha

europäische Gottesanbeterin

mantodeu

pregadéus

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com francês: mante religieuse

Cognato com alemão: Gottesanbeterin

Cognato com português: louva-a-deus

Cognato com 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”).