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Meanings of mosquito hawk in English

Portuguese
libelinha
Catalan
espiadimonis
Spanish
anisoptera

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

      libelinha
      Spanish
      chotacabras yanqui

      Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.

            chotacabras yanqui
            Synonyms
            Examples for "nighthawk"
            Examples for "nighthawk"
            1
            The flight of the nighthawk is free and graceful in the extreme.
            Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred a...
            2
            Clearly it came through the still air-theeerie hoot of a nighthawk.
            The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
            3
            A nighthawk, wheeling overhead through the rain, sent down her discordant cry.
            Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
            4
            Through all the turmoil the nighthawk slept peacefully in the shade of a sage-clump.
            The Settling of the Sage
            5
            The black bat and the darting nighthawk were a-wing, grim spectres of the dusk.
            The Long Ago
            1
            Now and then there was the bleat of a goat or the call of a bullbat, but that was all.
            Lonesome dove
            2
            They tell me that some folks call him Bullbat, though why they should call him either Bat or Hawk is beyond me.
            The Burgess Bird Book for Children
            3
            "Like maybe you're as crazy as a bullbat?"
            Lola Carlyle Reveals All
            Usage of mosquito hawk in English
            1
            For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk.
            The Insect Folk
            Translations for mosquito hawk