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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
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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