mosquito hawk

mosquito hawk

n.1. See nighthawk.2. Lower Southern US See dragonfly.

mosquito hawk

n (Animals) another name for nighthawk¹

mosqui′to hawk`

n. dragonfly.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mosquito hawk - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.dragonfly, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, sewing needle, darning needle, devil's darning needleodonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
	2.	mosquito hawk - mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckerbullbat, nighthawkcaprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insectsChordeiles, genus Chordeiles - a genus of Caprimulgidae