mantis shrimp

English

Noun

mantis shrimp (plural mantis shrimps or mantis shrimp)

A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.

Synonyms

prawn killer (Australia)
thumb splitter

Hyponyms

Translations

stomatopod

Afrikaans: mantisgarnaal
Basque: itsas mantis
Catalan: galera (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (haa¹ gu¹)

Eastern Min: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (hà-kŭ)

Hokkien: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (hê-ko͘)

Mandarin: 蝦蛄／虾蛄 (zh) (xiāgū)
Danish: søknæler c
Dutch: bidsprinkhaankreeft f, mantisgarnaal m
Finnish: sirkkaäyriäinen, mantisrapu
French: squille (fr) f, crevette-mante (fr) m
Georgian: პირფეხია (ṗirpexia)
German: Fangschreckenkrebs m
Greek: γαρίδα μάντης f (garída mántis)
Ancient: κραγγών m (krangṓn)
Hungarian: sáskarák
Indonesian: udang sentadu
Irish: ribe róibéis maintise m
Italian: canocchia (it) f
Japanese: 蝦蛄 (ja) (シャコ, shako)
Korean: 구각목 (gugangmok), 갯가재 (ko) (gaetgajae)
Lithuanian: burnakojis m
Malay: udang lipan
Navajo: táłtłʼááh naakaii náásééł yił aheełtʼéhii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjøkneler m

Nynorsk: sjøknelar m
Polish: ustonóg m
Portuguese: tamarutaca (pt) f, lagosta-gafanhoto f, lacraia-do-mar f (Brazil)
Russian: ротоно́г m (rotonóg), рак-богомол m (rak-bogomol)
Slovene: bogomolčar m
Spanish: galera (es) f, langosta mantis f
Swedish: mantisräka c
Tagalog: tatampal
Thai: กั้ง (th) (gâng)
Turkish: mantis karidesi, peygamberdevesi karidesi
Ukrainian: ротоног m (rotonoh), рак-богомол m (rak-bohomol)
Vietnamese: tôm tít, bề bề

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