hawk moth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
Outside, the crickets and the tree-frogs started to zing and tinkle and the great hawkmoths came to the wire-netting across the windows and clutched it, gazing with trembling ecstasy at the two oil lamps that hung from the cross-beams inside.
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hawkmoth | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hawk-moth | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hawk moths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hummingbird hawk moth · vine hawk moth · bee hawk moth · unicorn hawk moth · poplar hawk moth · death's head hawk moth · elephant hawk moth · white-edged hunter hawkmoth · lime hawk moth · privet hawk moth
Synonyms
sphinx moth (moth in family Sphingidae) · hornworm (moth in family Sphingidae)
Translations (18)
is svarmfiðrildi (moth of the family Sphingidae) · it sfinge (moth of the family Sphingidae) · cmn 天蛾 (moth of the family Sphingidae) · ca borinot (moth of the family Sphingidae) · pl zawisak (moth of the family Sphingidae) · fi kiitäjä (moth of the family Sphingidae) · nv iichʼąhii dinilzhiní (moth of the family Sphingidae) · bg вечерница (moth of the family Sphingidae) · de Schwärmer (moth of the family Sphingidae) · ru бра́жник (moth of the family Sphingidae) · cy gwalchwyfyn (moth of the family Sphingidae) · mk самрачник (moth of the family Sphingidae) · ga conach (moth of the family Sphingidae) · he רַפְרָף (moth of the family Sphingidae) · es esfíngido (moth of the family Sphingidae) · sv svärmare (moth of the family Sphingidae) · is svarmi (moth of the family Sphingidae) · ja 雀蛾 (moth of the family Sphingidae)