Meanings
plural mantis shrimps
- A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.
Synonyms: prawn killer, thumb splitter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.
More synonyms by meaning
nountropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans mantisgarnaal
- mantisgarnaalstomatopod
Ancient Greek κραγγών
- κραγγών (krangṓn)stomatopod
Basque itsas mantis
- itsas mantisstomatopod
Catalan galera
- galerastomatopod
Chinese Cantonese 蝦蛄 /虾蛄
- 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (haa¹ gu¹)stomatopod
Chinese Mandarin 蝦蛄 /虾蛄
- 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (xiāgū)stomatopod
Danish søknæler
- søknælerstomatopod
Dutch bidsprinkhaankreeft, mantisgarnaal
- bidsprinkhaankreeftstomatopod
- mantisgarnaalstomatopod
Finnish sirkkaäyriäinen, mantisrapu
- sirkkaäyriäinenstomatopod
- mantisrapustomatopod
French squille, crevette-mante
- squillestomatopod
- crevette-mantestomatopod
German Fangschreckenkrebs
- Fangschreckenkrebsstomatopod
Greek γαρίδα μάντης
- γαρίδα μάντης (garída mántis)stomatopod
Hungarian sáskarák
- sáskarákstomatopod
Indonesian udang sentadu
- udang sentadustomatopod
Irish ribe róibéis maintise
- ribe róibéis maintisestomatopod
Italian canocchia
- canocchiastomatopod
Japanese 蝦蛄
- 蝦蛄 (shako)stomatopod
Korean 구각목, 갯가재
- 구각목 (gugangmok)stomatopod
- 갯가재 (gaetgajae)stomatopod
Lithuanian burnakojis
- burnakojisstomatopod
Malay udang lipan
- udang lipanstomatopod
Norwegian Bokmål sjøkneler
- sjøknelerstomatopod
Polish ustonóg
- ustonógstomatopod
Portuguese tamarutaca, lagosta-gafanhoto
- tamarutacastomatopod
- lagosta-gafanhotostomatopod
- lacraia-do-marstomatopod
Russian ротоно́г, рак-богомол
- ротоно́г (rotonóg)stomatopod
- рак-богомол (rak-bogomol)stomatopod
Spanish galera, langosta mantis
- galerastomatopod
- langosta mantisstomatopod
Swedish mantisräka
- mantisräkastomatopod
Tagalog tatampal, alupihang-dagat
- tatampalstomatopod
- alupihang-dagatstomatopod
- hipong-dapastomatopod
Thai กั้ง
- กั้ง (gâng)stomatopod
Turkish mantis karidesi, peygamberdevesi karidesi
- mantis karidesistomatopod
- peygamberdevesi karidesistomatopod
Ukrainian ротоног, рак-богомол
- ротоног (rotonoh)stomatopod
- рак-богомол (rak-bohomol)stomatopod
Vietnamese tôm tít, bề bề
- tôm títstomatopod
- bề bềstomatopod
Cite this entry
mantis shrimp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantis%20shrimp
“mantis shrimp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantis%20shrimp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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