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SKEETER HAWK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skeeter hawk mean?
• SKEETER HAWK (noun)
The noun SKEETER HAWK has 1 sense:
1. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Familiarity information: SKEETER HAWK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("skeeter hawk" is a kind of...):
odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)
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