rearhorsen.

Brit.

/ˈrɪəhɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈrɪ(ə)rˌhɔrs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear v.¹, horse n.

Etymology: < rear v.¹ + horse n. (see quots. 1884 and 1973).

colloquial (chiefly U.S.)

A praying mantis (= 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

locust1646

mantis1646

soothsayer1855

rearhorse1859

mantid1895

mantispid1926

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Amer. 356 Rear horse, the vulgar name, at the South, for the orthopterous insect called the Mantis.

1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 308/1 Mrs. Brown is occasionally shocked, when combing the baby's head, to find that it abounds in rear-horses and black beetles.

1884 Standard Nat. Hist. II. 173 The Mantidæ have become popularly known under a variety of names, such as Rear-horses, Race-horses,..from the peculiar positions assumed by them at different times.

1935 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. (ed. 3) xvi. 87 They [sc. mantids] are often called rearhorses, devil-horses,..or mule killers.

1973 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 1 June 2C/4 Some people imagine that the mantid's upright posture suggests a rearing horse. For this reason the mantid is sometimes called a ‘rearhorse’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rearhorse
释义	rearhorsen. Brit. /ˈrɪəhɔːs/, U.S. /ˈrɪ(ə)rˌhɔrs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear v.¹, horse n. Etymology: < rear v.¹ + horse n. (see quots. 1884 and 1973). colloquial (chiefly U.S.) A praying mantis (= 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 locust1646 mantis1646 soothsayer1855 rearhorse1859 mantid1895 mantispid1926 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Amer. 356 Rear horse, the vulgar name, at the South, for the orthopterous insect called the Mantis. 1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 308/1 Mrs. Brown is occasionally shocked, when combing the baby's head, to find that it abounds in rear-horses and black beetles. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. II. 173 The Mantidæ have become popularly known under a variety of names, such as Rear-horses, Race-horses,..from the peculiar positions assumed by them at different times. 1935 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. (ed. 3) xvi. 87 They [sc. mantids] are often called rearhorses, devil-horses,..or mule killers. 1973 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 1 June 2C/4 Some people imagine that the mantid's upright posture suggests a rearing horse. For this reason the mantid is sometimes called a ‘rearhorse’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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