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Noun [English]

Forms: praying mantises [plural], praying mantes [plural]
Etymology: Mantis from Greek μάντις (mántis). Named "praying mantis" for their stance, with the forelegs held together in a way that resembles a person praying. Similar designations exist in many European as well as non-European languages. Compare for example French mante religieuse (literally “religious mantis”), German Gottesanbeterin (literally “God-worshipper”), Portuguese louva-a-deus (literally “God-praiser”), Persian آخوندک (âxundak, literally “little cleric”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|mante religieuse|lit=religious mantis}} French mante religieuse (literally “religious mantis”), {{cog|de|Gottesanbeterin|lit=God-worshipper}} German Gottesanbeterin (literally “God-worshipper”), {{cog|pt|louva-a-deus|lit=God-praiser}} Portuguese louva-a-deus (literally “God-praiser”), {{cog|fa|آخوندک|lit=little cleric|tr=âxundak}} Persian آخوندک (âxundak, literally “little cleric”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|praying mantes|head=praying mantis}} praying mantis (plural praying mantises or praying mantes)
  1. Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance. Translations (any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family): tigʷərere (Abinomn), hottentotsgod (Afrikaans), فَرَس اَلنَّبِيّ (faras an-nabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), աղոթարար (aġotʻarar) (Armenian), հարցուկ (harcʻuk) (Armenian), dəvədəlləyi (Azerbaijani), marisorgin (Basque), багамо́л (bahamól) [masculine] (Belarusian), богомо́лка (bogomólka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mantodeu [masculine] (Catalan), pregadeu [masculine] (Catalan), pregamans [masculine] (Catalan), simbasimba (Cebuano), хузы (huzɨ) [Dungan] (Chinese), 螳螂 (tángláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 刀螂 (dāolang) (Chinese Mandarin), kudlanka nábožná (Czech), kudlanka [feminine] (Czech), knæler [common-gender] (Danish), bidsprinkhaan [masculine] (Dutch), manto (Esperanto), rukoilijasirkka (Finnish), mante religieuse [feminine] (French), Gottesanbeterin [feminine] (German), Fangschrecke [feminine] (German), αλογάκι της Παναγίας (alogáki tis Panagías) [neuter] (Greek), גְּמַל שְׁלֹמֹה (gamál shlomó) [masculine] (Hebrew), imádkozó sáska (Hungarian), ájtatos manó (Hungarian), wasaywasay (Ilocano), mantide religiosa [feminine] (Italian), 螳螂 (Japanese), 蟷螂 (alt: かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō) (Japanese), jókaka (Kaingang), កណ្ដូបសេះ (kɑndoop seh) (Khmer), 사마귀 (samagwi) (Korean), 당랑 (dangnang) (alt: 螳螂) (Korean), ແມງມ້າ (mǣng mā) (Lao), dievlūdzējs [masculine] (Latvian), maldininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), богомолка (bogomolka) [feminine] (Macedonian), (Maori), whē (Maori), Naakaii náázééł (Navajo), آخوندک (âxundak) (Persian), chyrtoh (Pnar), modliszka [feminine] (Polish), louva-a-deus [masculine] (Portuguese), cavalinho-de-deus [masculine] (Portuguese), călugăriță [feminine] (Romanian), богомо́л (bogomól) [masculine] (Russian), богомољка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bogomoljka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kudlanka [feminine] (Slovak), kudlanka nábožná [feminine] (Slovak), bogomolka [feminine] (Slovene), mantis religiosa [feminine] (Spanish), rezadora [feminine] (Spanish), campamocha [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), cerbatana [Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), mamboretá [Argentina, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), santateresa [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), tatadiós [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), triquitesa (english: specifically Extremadura) [Spain, Western, feminine] (Spanish), usamico [Northwestern-Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), bönsyrsa [common-gender] (Swedish), sambasamba (Tagalog), sasamba (Tagalog), mandadangkal (Tagalog), ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว (dták-gà-dtɛɛn-dtam-kâao) (Thai), ตั๊กแตนต่อยมวย (Thai), peygamberdevesi (Turkish), peygamber devesi (Turkish), богомо́л (bohomól) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order): mantodeu [masculine] (Catalan), 螳螂 (tángláng) (Chinese Mandarin), knæler [common-gender] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-praying_mantis-en-noun-BKZAMQrd Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 42 39 Disambiguation of 'any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family': 67 22 11 Disambiguation of 'any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order': 72 18 10
  2. (regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa. Tags: regional Translations (Mantis religiosa): pederez [feminine] (Breton), богомолка (bogomolka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pregadeu [masculine] (Catalan), 薄翅螳 (Chinese Mandarin), Europese bidsprinkhaan [masculine] (Dutch), rukoilijasirkka (Finnish), eurooppalainen rukoilijasirkka (Finnish), mante religieuse [feminine] (French), barbantesa [feminine] (Galician), Europäische Gottesanbeterin [feminine] (German), maintis chrábhaidh [feminine] (Irish), kansasamba (Kapampangan), 항라사마귀 (hangnasamagwi) (Korean), обыкнове́нный богомо́л (obyknovénnyj bogomól) [masculine] (Russian), bogomolka [feminine] (Slovene), mantis religiosa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-praying_mantis-en-noun-yDmym3Ct Categories (other): Regional English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 42 39 Disambiguation of 'Mantis religiosa': 15 75 10
  3. A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex). Categories (lifeform): Mantids
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Synonyms (general term): mantid, mantis
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "rukoilijasirkka"
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          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "gamál shlomó",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mantide religiosa"
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          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "螳螂"
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          "alt": "かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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          "lang": "Kaingang",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "jókaka"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑndoop seh",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "កណ្ដូបសេះ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "samagwi",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "사마귀"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "alt": "螳螂",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dangnang",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "당랑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "mǣng mā",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "ແມງມ້າ"
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dievlūdzējs"
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "maldininkas"
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bogomolka",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "богомолка"
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          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "rō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
          "word": "whē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 22 11",
          "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "tigʷərere"
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      "word": "աղոթարար"
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      "word": "հարցուկ"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "dəvədəlləyi"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "marisorgin"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "word": "mante religieuse"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "word": "Gottesanbeterin"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "wasaywasay"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mantide religiosa"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "螳螂"
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      "alt": "かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "蟷螂"
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      "word": "jókaka"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑndoop seh",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "កណ្ដូបសេះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samagwi",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "사마귀"
    },
    {
      "alt": "螳螂",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dangnang",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "당랑"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mǣng mā",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "ແມງມ້າ"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dievlūdzējs"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "maldininkas"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bogomolka",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "Naakaii náázééł"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âxundak",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "آخوندک"
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      "lang": "Pnar",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "chyrtoh"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "modliszka"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "louva-a-deus"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cavalinho-de-deus"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "călugăriță"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "богомо́л"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "богомољка"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mantis religiosa"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "rezadora"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "campamocha"
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      "word": "cerbatana"
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        "Uruguay",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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        "Western",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "triquitesa"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "word": "usamico"
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "word": "bönsyrsa"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "sambasamba"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "sasamba"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "mandadangkal"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dták-gà-dtɛɛn-dtam-kâao",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
      "word": "ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว"
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      "word": "ตั๊กแตนต่อยมวย"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family",
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      "word": "богомо́л"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mantodeu"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tángláng",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order",
      "word": "螳螂"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "knæler"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pederez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bogomolka",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "богомолка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pregadeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "word": "薄翅螳"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Europese bidsprinkhaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "word": "rukoilijasirkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "word": "eurooppalainen rukoilijasirkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mante religieuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbantesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Europäische Gottesanbeterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maintis chrábhaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "word": "kansasamba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hangnasamagwi",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "word": "항라사마귀"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obyknovénnyj bogomól",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обыкнове́нный богомо́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bogomolka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Mantis religiosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mantis religiosa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mantis"
  ],
  "word": "praying mantis"
}

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