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mosquito hawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
mosquito hawk
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha

American usage

noun

A dragonfly.

American usage

noun

Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mosquito hawks (plural) mosquitohawk (alternative)

Synonyms

nighthawk bullbat dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor skeeter hawk

Questions

What does mosquito hawk mean?
A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha

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