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sphingid


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphingid  \Sphin"gid\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  sphinx. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphingid  \Sphin"gid\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  sphinx,  or  the  family  {Sphingid[ae]}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sphingid 
  n  :  any  of  various  moths  with  long  narrow  forewings  capable  of 
  powerful  flight  and  hovering  over  flowers  to  feed  [syn:  {hawkmoth}, 
  {hawk  moth},  {sphinx  moth},  {hummingbird  moth}] 




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