Acherontia atropos

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Acherontia atropos - European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull

death's-head moth

hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed

Acherontia, genus Acherontia - death's-head moth

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Acherontia death's-head moth genus Acherontia hawk moth hawkmoth hummingbird moth sphingid sphinx moth			Van Helsing nodded to him as he whispered to me unconsciously, "The Acherontia Atropos of the Sphinges, what you call the `Death's-head Moth'? Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context			ach-laut ach-y-fi Achaea Achaean Achaean League Achaemenid Achaian achalasia Acharnement acharya Achate Achates Achatina Achatour ache Achean Achebe Achelous achene Achenial Achephali Achernar Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic Acheson Acheson process Acheta Acheta assimilis Acheta domestica Acheulian achievability achievable Achievance achieve achieved achievement achievement age achievement quotient achievement test achiever Achill Achill Island Achille Ratti achillea Achillea millefolium Achillea ptarmica Achillean Achilles			Achelous Achelous Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous River Acheminement Multiple Intelligent Routing Scheme Achemon AChemS Achems razor Achems razor Achems razor Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Achenbach Graphics Arts Council Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment achene achene Achenes Achenes Acheng Zhong achenial achenial Achenwall, Gottfried Achephali Acher Achernar Achernar Acheron Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic ACHERS Acherset aches aches aches aches aches ACHESA Acheson Acheson Acheson (disambiguation) Acheson (disambiguation) Acheson Doyle Partners Acheson process Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Edward Acheson, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Lila Bell ACHET Acheta Acheta Acheta assimilis Acheta domestica Acheta domesticus

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