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Hawkmoth

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Noun

1. hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth

any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hawkmoth

see synonyms of hawkmoth
noun
any of various moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow wings and powerful flight, with the ability to hover over flowers when feeding from the nectar
. Also called: sphinx moth, hummingbird moth See also death's-head moth

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Hawkmoth

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any of a family (Sphingidae) of moths with a thick, tapering body, slender wings, and a long feeding tube used for sucking the nectar of flowers; sphinx moth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hawkmoth

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n.
Any of various thick-bodied moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow forewings, short hind wings, and a long proboscis, and characteristically sucking nectar from flowers while hovering. Also called sphingid, sphinx moth.

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