English-Thai Dictionary
praying mantis
N ตั้ก แตน tak-ka-tan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PRAYING
ppr. Asking; supplicating.
PRAYINGLY
adv. With supplication to God.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PRAYING
PRAYING Pray "ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. -- Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.
PRAYINGLY
PRAYINGLY Pray "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: With supplication to God.
New American Oxford Dictionary
praying mantis
pray ing man tis |ˈpreɪɪŋ ˌmæn (t )əs | ▶noun see mantis.
Oxford Dictionary
praying mantis
pray |ing man ¦tis ▶noun see mantis.
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