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Definition of Praying insect
Praying insect Praying Pray"ing,
a. & n. from Pray, v.
Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zo["o]l.), a mantis,
especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis.
Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which
prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the
wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have
the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on
the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.