hawkmothn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhawkmoth.

A moth of the family Sphingidæ or Sphingina; a sphinx-moth; so called from their manner of flight, which resembles the hovering and darting of a hawk.There are many genera and species, as death's head hawkmoth, variant of death's head moth n. at death's head n. Compounds 2, elephant hawkmoth n. at elephant n. Compounds 2, hummingbird hawkmoth n. at hummingbird n. Compounds, privet hawkmoth n. at privet n.¹ Compounds 2.

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1785 M. Martin (title) The Aurelian's Vade Mecum; containing..Catalogue of Plants affording Nourishment to Butterflies, Hawk-moths..and Moths in the state of Caterpillars.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §707 The larvæ of the Hawk-Moths have always sixteen feet.

1851 Medlock tr. Schoedler Zool. 565 Lepidopterous insects are..ranked as Butterflies, Moths, and Sphinges or hawk-moths.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	hawkmoth
释义	hawkmothn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhawkmoth. A moth of the family Sphingidæ or Sphingina; a sphinx-moth; so called from their manner of flight, which resembles the hovering and darting of a hawk.There are many genera and species, as death's head hawkmoth, variant of death's head moth n. at death's head n. Compounds 2, elephant hawkmoth n. at elephant n. Compounds 2, hummingbird hawkmoth n. at hummingbird n. Compounds, privet hawkmoth n. at privet n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > member of (sphinx moth) Sphinx1753 hawkmoth1785 sphinx moth1839 sphingid1912 1785 M. Martin (title) The Aurelian's Vade Mecum; containing..Catalogue of Plants affording Nourishment to Butterflies, Hawk-moths..and Moths in the state of Caterpillars. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §707 The larvæ of the Hawk-Moths have always sixteen feet. 1851 Medlock tr. Schoedler Zool. 565 Lepidopterous insects are..ranked as Butterflies, Moths, and Sphinges or hawk-moths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1785
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