螳螂

[ noun ]
the common mantis
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Praying \Pray"ing\,
a. & n. from {Pray}, v.

{Praying insect}, {Praying locust}, or {Praying mantis}
(Zo["o]l.), 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.