PRAYING MANTIS

Meaning of PRAYING MANTIS in English

(also mantis ) noun

a large green insect that eats other insects. The female praying mantis often eats the male.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PRAYING MANTIS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For more and more she is coming to resemble a mechanical praying mantis , frozen …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRAYING MANTIS — bayingbaying
English-Visayan vocabulary
PRAYING MANTIS — noun Date: circa 1890 mantis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRAYING MANTIS — noun also praying mantid Etymology: so called from the posture of such insects, with the forelimbs extended as though in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRAYING MANTIS — mantis. [ 1700-10 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAYING MANTIS — predatory insect from the grasshopper family
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRAYING MANTIS — Date: circa 1890 : mantis ; especially : a European mantis ( Mantis religiosa ) that has been introduced into …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRAYING MANTIS — Function: noun Date: circa 1890 : MANTIS especially : a European mantis ( Mantis religiosa ) that has been introduced …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRAYING MANTIS — ■ noun see mantis .
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRAYING MANTIS — [praying mantis] n (ca. 1890): mantis; esp: a European mantis (Mantis religiosa) that has been introduced into the U.S.--called also …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRAYING MANTIS — ˌpraying ˈmantis BrE AmE ( also mantis ) noun [countable] a large insect that eats other insects
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRAYING MANTIS — (энтомология) богомол (Mantis gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING MANTIS — Богомоловые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING MANTIS — = mantis
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRAYING MANTIS — = mantis
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRAYING MANTIS — = mantis
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING MANTIS — (энтомология) богомол (Mantis gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MANTIS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES praying mantis COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB pray ▪ We learned the swift, circular dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRAYING — (Verb) pag-ampo
English-Visayan vocabulary
MANTIS — bayingbaying
English-Visayan vocabulary
MANTIS — noun (plural ~es; also mantes) see: mania Date: 1646 any of an order or suborder (Mantodea and especially family Mantidae) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MANTIS — or praying mantis Any of more than 1,500 species of the insect suborder Mantodea (order Orthoptera). The long-bodied, slow-moving mantis …
Английский словарь Британика
PRAYING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English preying, praying, from gerund of preyen, prayen to pray — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANTIS — ˈmantə̇s, -aan- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, literally, prophet; from the posture of such insects, with the forelimbs extended …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRAYING — () a. & n. from Pray, v.
Английский словарь Webster
PRAYING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pray
Английский словарь Webster
MANTIS — (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable …
Английский словарь Webster
PRAYING — a. & n. from Pray, v.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAYING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Pray
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MANTIS — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MANTIS
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAYING — adj. pertaining to prayer, pertaining to an appeal to God
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MANTIS — n. praying mantis, insect which holds its forelegs in an upright folded position as if in prayer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MANTIS — noun ( plural man·tis·es also man·tes ˈman-ˌtēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, literally, diviner, prophet; akin to Greek mainesthai to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRAYING — adj & ·noun from pray, v. 2. praying ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of pray.
Webster English vocab
MANTIS — noun any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus mantis, and allied genera. they are remarkable …
Webster English vocab
MANTIS — [ 'mantɪs ] (also praying ~ ) ■ noun ( plural same or ~es ) a slender predatory insect with …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MANTIS — [man.tis] n, pl man.tis.es or man.tes [NL, fr. Gk, lit., diviner, prophet; akin to Gk mainesthai to be mad--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MANTIS — mantis BrE AmE ˈmænt ɪs § -əs AmE ˈmæn t̬ əs ▷ mantis|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MANTIS — / ˈmæntɪs; NAmE / noun ( pl. man·tises or man·tids / ˈmæntɪdz; NAmE /) = praying mantis •• WORD ORIGIN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MANTIS — I. man ‧ tis /ˈmæntəs, ˈmæntɪs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mantises or mantids /-tɪdz/) [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MANTIS — n. (pl. same or mantises) any insect of the family Mantidae, feeding on other insects etc. øpraying mantis a mantis, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MANTIS — n. (pl. same or mantises) any insect of the family Mantidae, feeding on other insects etc. praying mantis a mantis, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MANTIS — n. (pl. same or mantises) any insect of the family Mantidae, feeding on other insects etc. Phrases and idioms: praying …
Oxford English vocab
MANTIS — praying mantis [noun] [C] - a large green insect that holds its front legs in a way that makes it …
Cambridge English vocab
MANTIS — n. or praying mantis Any of more than 1,500 species of the insect suborder Mantodea (order Orthoptera). The long-bodied, slow-moving …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MANTIS — < language > A structured, full-function procedural 4GL and application development system from Cincom . MANTIS enables the developer to …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
MANTIS — matins
Anagrams English vocabulary
PRAYING — сущ. моление he is beyond praying ≈ он безнадежен (о больном или о глупце) моление, молитва > to be past …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MANTIS — сущ.; зоол. богомол (насекомое) (энтомология) богомол )Mantis gen.) mantis (pl -tes) зоол. богомол (насекомое)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING — Молитва
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING — Моление
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MANTIS — Богомол
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING — n моление, молитва to be past praying for - быть пропащим человеком
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MANTIS — n ( pl тж. mantes) энт. богомол ( Mantis gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRAYING — сущ.моление Satan's whisper shoots across All singing in my heart, all praying in my brain. Browning — Шепот Сатаны доносится …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MANTIS — сущ.; зоол.богомол (насекомое)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRAYING — (n) моление; молитва
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MANTIS — (n) богомол
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PRAYING — n моление, молитва ♢ to be past ~ for - быть пропащим человеком
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MANTIS — n ( pl тж. mantes) энт. богомол ( Mantis gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRAYING — n моление, молитва to be past praying for - быть пропащим человеком
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MANTIS — n ( pl тж. mantes) энт. богомол ( Mantis gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRAYING — сущ. моление Satan's whisper shoots across All singing in my heart, all praying in my brain. Browning — Шепот Сатаны …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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