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HAWKMOTH

Dictionary entry overview: What does hawkmoth mean?

• HAWKMOTH (noun)
The noun HAWKMOTH has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: HAWKMOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HAWKMOTH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hawk moth; hawkmoth; hummingbird moth; sphingid; sphinx moth

Hypernyms ("hawkmoth" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hawkmoth"):

Manduca sexta (moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms)

Manduca quinquemaculata (moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms)

Acherontia atropos; death's-head moth (European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull)

Holonyms ("hawkmoth" is a member of...):

family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

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