mantis

See also: Mantis

English

A burying mantis, Sphodropoda tristis

Alternative forms

• mantid

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

mantis (plural mantises or mantes)

1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
2. A green colour, like that of many mantises.

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Synonyms

• (insect): rearhorse

Derived terms

• praying mantis

Translations

any of various large insects of the order Mantodea

• Arabic: فَرَس اَلنَّبِيّ‎ m (faras an-nabiyy), سُرْعُوف‎ m (surʿūf)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَرْعُوف‎ m (sarʿūf)

• Armenian: աղոթարար (hy) (ałotʿarar)
• Assamese: গাগিনী (gagini)
• Azerbaijani: dəvədəlləyi
• Belarusian: багамо́л m (bahamól)
• Bulgarian: богомо́лка f (bogomólka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螳螂 (zh) (tángláng), 刀螂 (zh) (dāolang)

• Corsican: ghjumenta di preti
• Czech: kudlanka (cs) f
• Danish: knæler (da) c
• Esperanto: manto (eo)
• Finnish: rukoilijasirkka
• French: mante (fr) f
• Georgian: ჩოქელა (čokela)
• German: Gottesanbeterin (de) f
• Italian: mantide f
• Japanese: 螳螂, 蟷螂 (ja) (かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō)
• Korean: 사마귀 (ko) (samagwi), 당랑 (ko) (dangnang) (螳螂 (ko))
• Lithuanian: maldininkas m
• Macedonian: богомолка f (bogomolka)

• Malay: mentadak
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ (heliyen)
• Maori: rō, whē
• Mongolian: цөгөрцөг (tsögörtsög)
• Navajo: Naakaii náázééł
• Norwegian: kneler m
• Persian: آخوندک‎ (fa) (âxundak)
• Polish: modliszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: louva-a-deus (pt) m, mantídeo m
• Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f
• Russian: богомо́л (ru) m (bogomól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: богомољка f

  Roman: bogomoljka (sh) f

• Slovak: kudlanka f
• Slovene: bogomoljka f
• Spanish: mantis (es) f, mantis religiosa (es), santateresa (es) f, (South América) mamboretá f, mantodeo m (scientific)
• Sundanese: ᮎᮧᮀᮎᮧᮛᮀ (congcorang)
• Swedish: bönsyrsa (sv)
• Ukrainian: богомо́л m (bohomól)
• Vietnamese: bọ ngựa (vi), ngựa trời
• Welsh: mantis m
• Zulu: isithwalambiza class 7/8

Anagrams

• Mastin, Matins, Tamsin, manist, matins, santim, stamin, tamins