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Significados de mosquito hawk em inglês

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libelinha
catalão
espiadimonis
espanhol
anisoptera

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

      libelinha
      espanhol
      chotacabras yanqui

      Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.

            chotacabras yanqui
            Sinônimos
            Examples for "dragonfly"
            Examples for "dragonfly"
            1
            We visited Avondale House in Wicklow and enjoyed the dragonfly nature reserve.
            The Irish Times
            2
            VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
            Wired
            3
            The wings split like dragonfly gossamers, poised for increased maneuvering and power.
            Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
            4
            The thought came and went like a dragonfly skimming the river's surface.
            The Bone Doll's Twin
            5
            An angry dragonfly shape passed overhead as the first Apache took aim.
            Monster Hunter Vendetta
            1
            Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
            Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
            2
            Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.
            The Dew of Their Youth
            3
            Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle.
            The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
            4
            Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
            The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
            5
            He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
            The Substitute Prisoner
            1
            One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
            Memories and Anecdotes
            1
            She vaulted to her feet, pricking her finger on her sewing needle.
            Seduced by a highlander
            2
            The twins might already have a sewing needle and disinfectant, but this was Italy.
            Pasta Imperfect
            3
            They used to tattoo each other with a sewing needle dipped in black ink.
            Haunted: a novel of stories
            4
            An imaginary sewing needle turned slowly in the wound, producing a cold flare of pain.
            Heart-shaped box
            5
            One of the women picked up a sewing needle and gripped it like a weapon.
            Library of Souls
            1
            Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
            The Insect Folk
            2
            They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
            The prince of frogtown
            3
            Snake doctors, limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
            The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
            4
            "I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."
            Vandover and the Brute
            Uso de mosquito hawk em inglês
            1
            For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk.
            The Insect Folk
            Translations for mosquito hawk