| 单词 | praying insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspraying insect praying insect n. now rare = praying mantis at mantis n. 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 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxi. 221 The genera Mantis and Phasma—named praying-insects and spectres. 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea xix. 282 The Mantis or ‘soothsayer’, also known in the south of France as the Preguediou or praying insect, derived the latter name from the childish superstition that if asked the road to Rome or to James of Compostella, it would indicate it by holding out one or other of its arms. 1935 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 July 19/7 The insect Mantis is called the praying insect, because of the position of the forelegs, which resembles the attitude of prayer. < as lemmas |
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