vunjajungu

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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Swahili-english dictionary. 2013.

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