MOSQUITO HAWK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mosquito hawk mean? 

• MOSQUITO HAWK (noun)
  The noun MOSQUITO HAWK has 2 senses:

1. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

2. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

  Familiarity information: MOSQUITO HAWK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOSQUITO HAWK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder

Hypernyms ("mosquito hawk" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bullbat; mosquito hawk; nighthawk

Hypernyms ("mosquito hawk" is a kind of...):

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

Holonyms ("mosquito hawk" is a member of...):

Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles (a genus of Caprimulgidae)