Usually means: Large moth, hovering, long proboscis.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word hawk moth:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. hawk moth: Merriam-Webster
  2. hawk moth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hawk moth: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hawk moth: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hawk-moth, hawk moth: Wordnik
  6. hawk moth: Wiktionary
  7. hawk moth: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. hawk moth: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Hawk moth, hawk moth: Dictionary.com
  10. Hawk moth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Hawk moth: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. hawk moth: Rhymezone
  13. Hawk moth: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. hawk moth: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hawk moth: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hawk moth: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hawk-moth, hawk moth: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hawk moth)

▸ noun:  Any moth of the family Sphingidae.

Similar:
sphinx moth, hawkmoth, sphingid, hummingbird moth, swift moth, slug moth, flower moth, night moth, bee moth, witch moth, more...

Opposite:
dove, pigeon, sparrow

Types:
sphinx moth, elephant hawk-moth, monkey, more...

Phrases:
hummingbird hawk moth, tomato hawk moth, more...

Adjectives:
white, swift, brown, elfin, awl, hesperian, ermine, virgin, processionary, flash, geometrid

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Similar:
sphinx moth, hawkmoth, sphingid, hummingbird moth, swift moth, slug moth, flower moth, night moth, bee moth, witch moth, more...

Opposite:
dove, pigeon, sparrow

Types:
sphinx moth, elephant hawk-moth, monkey, more...

Phrases:
hummingbird hawk moth, tomato hawk moth, more...

Adjectives:
white, swift, brown, elfin, awl, hesperian, ermine, virgin, processionary, flash, geometrid



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