| NOUN | animal | mosquito hawk, dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent / iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
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| animal | mosquito hawk, nighthawk, bullbat | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
| Meaning | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent / iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, skeeter hawk | |
| Broader | odonate | large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
| Spanish | aguacil, anisoptera, caballito del diablo, libélula, pipilacha | |
| Catalan | barratgina, espiadimonis, libèl·lula, tallanassos, teixidor | |
| Meaning | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker. | |
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| Synonyms | nighthawk, bullbat | |
| Member of | Chordeiles, genus Chordeiles | A genus of Caprimulgidae |
| Broader | goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid | mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes |
| Spanish | bullbat, chotacabras, chotacabras yanqui | |
| Catalan | bullbat | |
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