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death's-head hawkmoth

death's-head hawkmoth noun: a moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back.

death's-head hawkmoth: a moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back
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Noun

death's-head hawkmoth (plural death's-head hawkmoths)

  1. A moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back.

Forms of death's-head hawkmoth

pluraldeath's-head hawkmoths

Questions about death's-head hawkmoth

What does death's-head hawkmoth mean?
Death's-head hawkmoth means a moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back.
What part of speech is death's-head hawkmoth?
Death's-head hawkmoth is a noun.
What is the plural of death's-head hawkmoth?
The plural of death's-head hawkmoth is death's-head hawkmoths.

Words near death's-head hawkmoth in the dictionary

  1. death's head
  2. death's head moth
  3. death's heads
  4. death's herb
  5. death's-head
  6. death's-head hawkmoth
  7. death's-head hawkmoths
  8. death's-heads
  9. death-bearing
  10. death-bed
  11. death-bed conversion

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