Meanings
plural hawk moths · alternative hawk-moth · alternative hawkmoth
- Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
Outside, the crickets and the tree-frogs started to zing and tinkle and the great hawkmoths came to the wire-netting across the windows and clutched it, gazing with trembling ecstasy at the two oil lamps that hung from the cross-beams inside.
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186Synonyms: sphinx moth, hornworm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny moth of the family Sphingidae.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian вечерница
- вечерница (večernica)moth of the family Sphingidae
Catalan borinot
- borinotmoth of the family Sphingidae
Chinese Mandarin 天蛾
- 天蛾 (tiān'é)moth of the family Sphingidae
Finnish kiitäjä
- kiitäjämoth of the family Sphingidae
German Schwärmer
- Schwärmermoth of the family Sphingidae
Hebrew רַפְרָף
- רַפְרָף (rafráf)moth of the family Sphingidae
Icelandic svarmfiðrildi, svarmi
- svarmfiðrildimoth of the family Sphingidae
- svarmimoth of the family Sphingidae
Irish conach
- conachmoth of the family Sphingidae
Italian sfinge
- sfingemoth of the family Sphingidae
Japanese 雀蛾
- 雀蛾 (suzumega)moth of the family Sphingidae
Polish zawisak
- zawisakmoth of the family Sphingidae
Russian бра́жник
- бра́жник (brážnik)moth of the family Sphingidae
Spanish esfíngido
- esfíngidomoth of the family Sphingidae
Swedish svärmare
- svärmaremoth of the family Sphingidae
Welsh gwalchwyfyn
- gwalchwyfynmoth of the family Sphingidae
Cite this entry
hawk moth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawk%20moth
“hawk moth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawk%20moth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hawk moth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawk%20moth.
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