| 单词 | mosquito hawk |
| 释义 | mosquito hawk (once / 695254 pages) n WORD FAMILY mosquito hawk: mosquito hawks USAGE EXAMPLESSome people call them “mosquito hawks” because they love to gobble up those pesky insects, snatching them in flight. Washington Post(Jun 22, 2014) Then Mrs. Ernstein produced two trained sparrows, which she called her "mosquito hawks" and took with her everywhere. Bracker, M. Leone, The Guests Of Hercules(2010) For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk. Morley, Margaret Warner, The Insect Folk(2010) 1n slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. Syn|Hyper darning needle, devil's darning needle, dragonfly, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder odonate large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings 2n mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker Syn|Hyper bullbat, nighthawk caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects |
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