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MOSQUITO HAWK

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• MOSQUITO HAWK (noun)
The noun MOSQUITO HAWK has 2 senses:

1. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
2. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

Familiarity information: MOSQUITO HAWK used as a noun is rare.

• MOSQUITO HAWK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

snake doctor; skeeter hawk; mosquito hawk; dragonfly; snake feeder; sewing needle; devil's darning needle; darning needle

Hypernyms ("mosquito hawk" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bullbat; mosquito hawk; nighthawk

Hypernyms ("mosquito hawk" is a kind of...):

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

Holonyms ("mosquito hawk" is a member of...):

Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles (a genus of Caprimulgidae)

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