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单词 hummingbird hawkmoth
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hummingbird hawkmoth
hummingbird hawkmoth n. (also hummingbird sphinx) a species of hawkmoth ( Macroglossa stellatarum), whose flight resembles that of a hummingbird.
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1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 244 Humming-bird hawk-moth.
1834 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 40 A large moth hovering, in the manner of the Humming-bird Sphinx, in front of the flowers.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. v. 181 Several times I shot by mistake a hummingbird-hawk-moth instead of a bird.
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