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Tantalus sphinx

Tantalus sphinx noun: aellopos tantalus, a species of moth found in the Americas.

tantalus sphinx: aellopos tantalus, a species of moth found in the Americas
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Noun

Tantalus sphinx (plural Tantalus sphinxes)

  1. Aellopos tantalus, a species of moth found in the Americas.

Forms of Tantalus sphinx

pluralTantalus sphinxes

Questions about Tantalus sphinx

What does Tantalus sphinx mean?
Tantalus sphinx means aellopos tantalus, a species of moth found in the Americas.
What part of speech is Tantalus sphinx?
Tantalus sphinx is a noun.
What is the plural of Tantalus sphinx?
The plural of Tantalus sphinx is Tantalus sphinxes.

Words near Tantalus sphinx in the dictionary

  1. tantalum
  2. tantalums
  3. tantalus
  4. Tantalus cup
  5. Tantalus cups
  6. Tantalus sphinx
  7. Tantalus sphinxes
  8. tantaluses
  9. tantamount
  10. tantamounted
  11. tantamounting

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