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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of bidden (“to pray”) + sprinkhaan (“grasshopper, locust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪtsprɪŋk(ɦ)aːn/
- Hyphenation: bid‧sprink‧haan
Noun
bidsprinkhaan m (plural bidsprinkhanen, diminutive bidsprinkhaantje n)
- a praying mantis, any of various predatory insects of the order Mantodea
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