| NOUN | animal | Sphingidae, family Sphingidae | hawkmoths |
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| Meaning | hawkmoths. | |
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| Synonym | family Sphingidae | |
| Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
| Members | Acherontia, genus Acherontia | death's-head moth |
| Manduca, genus Manduca | moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms | |
| hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth | Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | |
| Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
| Spanish | esfíngidos, familia Sphingidae, Sphingidae | |
| Catalan | Esfíngid, esfíngids, Sphingidae | |
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