mantis religiosa

Spanish

Noun

mantis religiosa f (plural mantis religiosas)

praying mantis
Synonyms: mantis, rezadora, (Argentina) tatadiós, (Northwestern Argentina) usamico, (Argentina and Uruguay) mamboretá, (Mexico) campamocha, (Spain) santateresa, (Extremadura, Western Spain) triquitesa, (Venezuela) cerbatana

Related terms

mantodeo (“mantid”)

Further reading

“mantis religiosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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