vunjajungu

[Swahili Word] vunjajungu

[Swahili Plural] vunjajungu

[English Word] praying mantis

[English Plural] praying mantises

[Taxonomy] Mantodea

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -vunja, jungu

[Terminology] entomology

[Note] name derives from the notion that a person who kills a mantis will break the next thing s/he touches

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