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

genus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms

Acherontia, genus Acherontia - death's-head moth

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Acherontia family Sphingidae genus Acherontia genus Manduca hawk moth hawkmoth hummingbird moth lepidoptera Manduca order Lepidoptera sphingid sphinx moth			I observed twelve visitation events at flowering orchids by moths of the family Sphingidae. Conservation section. (Senior Division 2002) by Chevalier, Cary D. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science			Spherograph spheroid spheroid joint spheroidal Spheroidal state Spheroidic spheroidicity Spheromere spherometer spheroplast Spherosiderite Spherosome Spherulate spherule spherulite Spherulitic sphery Sphex Sphex fly Sphigmometer sphincter sphincter ani sphincter muscle sphinges sphingid Sphingidae sphingine sphingomyelin sphingosine sphinx Sphinx baboon sphinx moth sphinxlike Sphragide sphragistics Sphrigosis sphygmic sphygmo- sphygmogram sphygmograph Sphygmographic sphygmography sphygmoid sphygmology sphygmomanometer Sphygmometer Sphygmophone Sphygmoscope Sphynx Sphyraena Sphyraena barracuda			Sphincter of oddi dysfunction Sphincter of oddi dysfunction Sphincter pupillae sphincter spasm Sphincter urethrae Sphincter urethrae sphincter- Sphincter-Preserving Operation sphincteral sphincteral sphincteral sphincteralgia sphincterectomy sphincteric sphincteric sphincteric sphincterismus sphincteritis sphincterolysis sphincteroplasty sphincterotomy Sphincters Sphincters Sphincters Sphinctozoa Sphindidae sphinganine sphinges sphinges sphingid Sphingidae sphingids sphingine Sphingoidea sphingolipid sphingolipid sphingolipid activator protein sphingolipid activator protein sphingolipid activator protein Sphingolipidoses Sphingolipidoses sphingolipidosis sphingolipidosis Sphingolipids Sphingolipids sphingolipodystrophy sphingomyelin sphingomyelin sphingomyelin sphingomyelin sphingomyelin lipidosis sphingomyelin lipidosis sphingomyelin lipidosis sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase D sphingomyelin ratio sphingomyelin ratio sphingomyelin ratio Sphingomyelinase sphingomyelinosis Sphingomyelins

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