Chiromantist | { n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A chiromancer. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Chiromanist |
Mantis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a prophet. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ] Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn. [ 1913 Webster ]
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mantis crab | n. Same as Squilla. Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
mantispid | n. (Zool.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mantispidae | prop. n. The natural family comprising the mantispids. Syn. -- family Mantispidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
mantis prawn | n. Same as Squilla. Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
mantissa | n. [ L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin. ] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sea mantis | (Zool.) A squilla. [ 1913 Webster ] |
蜱 | [pí, ㄆㄧˊ, 蜱] (insect); egg of mantis #42,673 [Add to Longdo] |
螳 | [táng, ㄊㄤˊ, 螳] praying mantis #86,517 [Add to Longdo] |
蛸 | [xiāo, ㄒㄧㄠ, 蛸] Octopus octopodia; mantis egg nest #148,651 [Add to Longdo] |
螵 | [piāo, ㄆㄧㄠ, 螵] nest of eggs of mantis #293,969 [Add to Longdo] |
北派螳蜋拳 | [běi pài táng láng quán, ㄅㄟˇ ㄆㄞˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ, 北 派 螳 蜋 拳 / 北 派 螳 螂 拳] Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art) [Add to Longdo] |
南派螳蜋 | [nán pài táng láng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄞˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ, 南 派 螳 蜋 / 南 派 螳 螂] Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art [Add to Longdo] |
蜋 | [láng, ㄌㄤˊ, 蜋 / 螂] dragonfly; mantis [Add to Longdo] |
螳蜋 | [táng láng, ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ, 螳 蜋 / 螳 螂] mantis; praying mantis [Add to Longdo] |
螳蜋捕蝉 | [táng láng bǔ chán, ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ, 螳 蜋 捕 蝉 / 螳 螂 捕 蟬] the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (成语 saw, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger [Add to Longdo] |
螳蜋捕蝉,黄雀在后 | [táng láng bǔ chán, huáng què zài hòu, ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ, 螳 蜋 捕 蝉 , 黄 雀 在 后 / 螳 螂 捕 蟬 , 黃 雀 在 後] The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (成语 saw, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger [Add to Longdo] |
蟭 | [jiāo, ㄐㄧㄠ, 蟭] eggs of mantis [Add to Longdo] |
蟷 | [dāng, ㄉㄤ, 蟷] mantis [Add to Longdo] |
マンティス | [manteisu] (n) mantis [Add to Longdo] |
仮数 | [かすう, kasuu] (n) mantissa (e.g. of a logarithm) [Add to Longdo] |
仮数部 | [かすうぶ, kasuubu] (n) mantissa portion [Add to Longdo] |
蝦蛄;青竜蝦 | [しゃこ;シャコ, shako ; shako] (n) (uk) mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria) [Add to Longdo] |
鎌首 | [かまくび, kamakubi] (n) crooked neck (lit. a neck shaped like a sickle) (found in snakes or praying mantises); gooseneck [Add to Longdo] |
擬螳螂;蟷螂擬 | [かまきりもどき;カマキリモドキ, kamakirimodoki ; kamakirimodoki] (n) (uk) mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae) [Add to Longdo] |
朝鮮蟷螂 | [ちょうせんかまきり, chousenkamakiri] (n) narrow-winged mantis [Add to Longdo] |
腹広蟷螂 | [はらびろかまきり;ハラビロカマキリ, harabirokamakiri ; harabirokamakiri] (n) (uk) Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera) [Add to Longdo] |
螳螂;蟷螂;鎌切 | [かまきり;とうろう(螳螂;蟷螂);いもじり(蟷螂);いいぼむしり(蟷螂);カマキリ, kamakiri ; tourou ( tourou ; tourou ); imojiri ( tourou ); iibomushiri ( tourou ); ] (n) (uk) (occ. written 杜父魚) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) [Add to Longdo] |
螳螂拳 | [とうろうけん, tourouken] (n) { MA } praying mantis style [Add to Longdo] |