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hawkmoth

hawkmoth is the alternative form 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

Forms of hawkmoth

pluralhawkmoths

Origin of hawkmoth

hawk + moth.

Words formed from hawkmoth

Questions about hawkmoth

What is hawkmoth the alternative form of?
Hawkmoth is the alternative form of hawk moth.

Words near hawkmoth in the dictionary

  1. hawklet
  2. hawklets
  3. hawklike
  4. hawkling
  5. hawklings
  6. hawkmoth
  7. hawkmoths
  8. hawknose
  9. hawknosed
  10. hawknoses
  11. hawknut

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