カマキリ

noun

praying mantis

Refers to mantises in general, especially the narrow-winged mantis (Tenodera angustipennis). Occasionally written as 杜父魚, but that is a rare ateji usage.

• 庭にわでカマキリを見みつけた。

  I found a praying mantis in the garden.

• カマキリは鎌かまのような前まえ足あしで獲え物ものを捕とらえる。

  The praying mantis catches its prey with its sickle-like forelegs.