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hawk moths

hawk moths is the plural of hawk moth.

Meaning of hawk moth

Noun

hawk moth (plural hawk moths)

  1. Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
    • Outside, the crickets and the tree-frogs started to zing and tinkle and the great hawkmoths came to the wire-netting across the windows and clutched it, gazing with trembling ecstasy at the two oil lamps that hung from the cross-beams inside.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186

Questions about hawk moths

What is hawk moths the plural of?
Hawk moths is the plural of hawk moth.

Words near hawk moths in the dictionary

  1. Hawiyes
  2. hawk
  3. hawk boy
  4. hawk boys
  5. hawk moth
  6. hawk moths
  7. hawk nose
  8. hawk noses
  9. hawk owl
  10. hawk owls
  11. hawk tua

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