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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various thick-bodied moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow forewings, short hind wings, and a long proboscis, and characteristically sucking nectar from flowers while hovering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun entomology Any of several
moths , of the familySphingidae , thathover over flowers when suckingnectar through a longproboscis .
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Examples
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Probably because the hawkmoth is a better pollinator than hummingbirds -- it travels farther and visits more plants.
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Fabulous find, the photos of the hummingbird hawkmoth.
Boing Boing: August 20, 2006 - August 26, 2006 Archives 2006
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Hummingbird hawkmoth: a bit of video | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"
Hummingbird hawkmoth: a bit of video | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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You may have seen the cool posting in BoingBoing some weeks ago about the hummingbird hawkmoth.
Hummingbird hawkmoth: a bit of video | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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This evening I spotted a hummingbird hawkmoth in our garden in Belgium.
Hummingbird hawkmoth: a bit of video | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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[…] Diane says: Caught your hawkmoth posting the other week.
Hummingbird hawkmoth: a bit of video | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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Diane says: Caught your hawkmoth posting the other week.
- Boing Boing 2006
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That was a live pink spotted hawkmoth Agrius cingulatus also cingulata on my fingers.
Archive 2007-10-01 AYDIN 2007
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That was a live pink spotted hawkmoth Agrius cingulatus also cingulata on my fingers.
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Today, fantasy author Diane Duane has posted video of a humingbird hawkmoth in action via Boing Boing.
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