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sphingid, n. and a. Ent.|ˈsfɪndʒɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Sphingidæ, f. Sphinx Sphinx, adopted as a generic name by Linnæus (Systema Naturæ (ed. 6, 1748) 63): see -id1.]
A. n. A hawk-moth of the family Sphingidæ.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to an insect of this kind.
1911Trans. Zool. Soc. London XX. 85 Almost the entire surface is thinly coated with fine, short, white hair, an exceptional feature with Sphingid larvæ. Ibid. 95 Erinnyis ello... The commonest Sphingid of tropical America. 1930Proc. Entomol. Soc. V. 24 The caudal horn was movable in many Sphingid caterpillars. 1933Discovery Apr. 125/1 Eye-spots..occur particularly in sphingids. 1973Nature 16 Mar. 205/2 Recently internal ocelli have been reported in several adult sphingids. 1981G. Keynes Gates of Memory iii. 41 A boy in another House had been fortunate enough to catch a specimen of an extremely rare immigrant sphingid moth. |