hummingbird moth

hummingbird moth

n (Animals) US another name for the hawk moth

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hummingbird moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feedhawk moth, hawkmoth, sphingid, sphinx mothmoth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennaefamily Sphingidae, Sphingidae - hawkmothsManduca sexta - moth whose larvae are tobacco hornwormsManduca quinquemaculata - moth whose larvae are tomato hornwormsAcherontia atropos, death's-head moth - European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull