| 单词 | devil's horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's horse devil's horse n. †(a) a large bird (perhaps a stork), that both walks and flies (obsolete rare); (b) any of various insects, esp. a stick insect, praying mantis, or grasshopper. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae > mantis religiosa (praying mantis) praying locust1646 devil's horse1760 Hottentot god1785 praying insect1817 praying mantis1895 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XV. iv. iii. 64 The feitan, favez, or the devil's horse, resembles a man armed with feathers, commonly walks with a majestic gravity, or runs with surprising swiftness; but when too closely pursued, expands his wings and flies away. 1796 R. H. tr. G. C. Raff Syst. Nat. Hist. (Edinb. ed.) I. 189 Dragon-flies..in different countries are called, sometimes aquatick nymphs, sometimes ladies, devil's horses, or devil's needles. 1835 G. R. Gray Synopsis Family Phasmidæ 8 The extraordinary forms of these insects..have given rise to various appellations derived from a supposed resemblance to unearthly beings, such as the devil's horse, spectre, phantom, &c. 1937 Nature 14 Aug. 264/1 Less graceful but fascinating are the devil's-horses, a showy grasshopper commonly six inches long which travels over the land by the million devouring vegetation as it goes. 1968 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 13 Dec. a10/2 A devil's horse (praying mantis) found on a cotton boll means good luck to some while to others it means you will be pursued by the devil. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies vi. 143 These and other walkingsticks are also referred to as devil's horses. < as lemmas |
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