| 单词 | hottentot god |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHottentot god Hottentot god n. (also Hottentot's god) South African the praying mantis, said to have been formerly venerated by the Khoesan peoples. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae > mantis religiosa (praying mantis) praying locust1646 devil's horse1760 Hottentot god1785 praying insect1817 praying mantis1895 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 98 The Hottentots..adore..a certain Insect... To this little winged Deity, when ever they set Sight upon it, they render the highest Tokens of Veneration.] 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. 211 A genus of insects (the mantis) called by the colonists the Hottentot's god. 1853 F. P. Fleming Kaffraria 79 If touched..it puts the two fore-legs, slightly but, in an attitude of prayer, which has gained for it the cognomen of the praying Mantis, or Hottentot god. 1962 Cape Times (Week-end Mag.) 10/1 I like Hottentot Gods, bloodthirsty little savages as they may be. 1980 A. J. Blignaut Dead End Road 57 The Hottentot's God..was praying for you. But..you're past praying for. < as lemmas |
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