| 单词 | praying locust |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspraying locust praying locust 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 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 By Zoographers called mantis, and by the Common people of Province, Prega Dio, that is, the Prophet and praying Locust, as being generally found in the posture of supplication. View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantis,..an Insect call'd The praying Locust. 1901 H. A. Nesbitt tr. C. Keller Madagascar, Mauritius & other East-African Islands xix. 213 Among the praying locusts, there are found Mantis prasina and Hierodula Völzkowiana. 1993 R. Hendrickson Ladybugs, Tiger Lilies, & Wallflowers 156 It is also called the ‘praying locust’ because of the position in which it holds its forelegs, as if in prayer. < as lemmas |
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