láng

mantis

Senses

láng cockroach

bound morpheme used in the name for a cockroach (蟑螂 zhāng​láng)

廚房的角落裡有一隻蟑螂。

láng dragonfly

bound morpheme used in the colloquial term for dragonfly (蚂螂 mā​láng)

牆上停著一隻大螞螂。

láng dung beetle

bound morpheme used in terms for dung beetles (蜣螂 qiāng​láng and 虼螂 gè​láng)

蜣螂正在草地上滾動糞球。

láng mantis

bound morpheme used in the name for a praying mantis (螳螂 táng​láng)

螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後。

References

variant 螂/蜋 螂/螂