έντομο μήκους 5-10 εκατοστών, με τριγωνικό κεφάλι, επιμήκη θώρακα και μεγάλα εμπρόσθια πόδια, τα οποία χρησιμοποιούνται για τη συλληψη των θηραμάτων του. Τρέφεται αποκλειστικά με άλλα μικρά έντομα
a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea) · a skinny person or horse · a fourspine sculpin, a fish of species Cottus kazika.
eş: 鮎掛
köken: Either a compound of 鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + 切り (kiri, “cutting; cutter”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 切る (kiru, “to cut”)), or of 鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + キリ (kiri, onomatopoeia), where the kiri is imitative of the sound made by grasshoppers and katydids, and is found as a common element in the names of several insects of similar size and body shape. Compare 螽斯 (kirigirisu,…
aile: compare English piss in the wind, quixotic, 蟷螂の斧: → a metaphor for a futile endeavor
praying mantis (dictyopteran insect of order Mantodea)
çekim: çoğul богомо́лки
köken: Formed as бог (bog, “god”) + -о- (-o-) + мо́лка (mólka, “prayer, requester”) (non-standard), in reference to the "praying-like" stature of the insect. A near calque of Ancient Greek μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs, “soothsayer”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian бого̀мо̄љка, Slovene bogomọ̑lka, Russian богомо́л (bogomól). Compare also analogous German Gottesanbeterin (“mantis”, literally “God-worshipper”).