mosquito hawk

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mosquito hawk

1. See nighthawk.

2. Lower Southern US See dragonfly.

mosquito hawk

(Animals) another name for nighthawk¹

mosqui′to hawk`

dragonfly.

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Noun	1.	mosquito hawk - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. dragonfly, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, sewing needle, darning needle, devil's darning needle odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
	2.	mosquito hawk - mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker bullbat, nighthawk caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects Chordeiles, genus Chordeiles - a genus of Caprimulgidae

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