Translation meaning & definition of the word "mantis" into Spanish language

noun

1. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions

• Rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

synonym:
• mantis
,
• mantid

1. Insecto de ojos grandes y predaz de cuerpo largo de regiones cálidas

• Descansa con extremidades anteriores levantadas como en oración

sinónimo:
• mantis
,
• mantid

Examples of using

After realizing copulation, praying mantis usually devours the male.

Después de realizar la cópula, la mantis religiosa suele devorar al macho.

"If they're mantises," Al-Sayib conjectured. "Then, yes."

–Si son mantis, –conjeturó Al-Sayib– entonces sí.