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white-lined sphinx

white-lined sphinx noun: hyles lineata, a species of large North American sphinx moths.

white-lined sphinx: hyles lineata, a species of large North American sphinx moths
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Noun

white-lined sphinx (plural white-lined sphinxes)

  1. Hyles lineata, a species of large North American sphinx moths.

Forms of white-lined sphinx

pluralwhite-lined sphinxes

Origin of white-lined sphinx

From white + lined + sphinx (“moth of family Sphingidae”).

Questions about white-lined sphinx

What does white-lined sphinx mean?
White-lined sphinx means hyles lineata, a species of large North American sphinx moths.
What part of speech is white-lined sphinx?
White-lined sphinx is a noun.
What is the plural of white-lined sphinx?
The plural of white-lined sphinx is white-lined sphinxes.

Words near white-lined sphinx in the dictionary

  1. white-labels
  2. white-lash
  3. white-lashes
  4. white-letter hairstreak
  5. white-letter hairstreaks
  6. white-lined sphinx
  7. white-lipped peccaries
  8. white-lipped peccary
  9. white-lipped snail
  10. white-lipped snails
  11. white-lipped tree frog

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