hummingbird moth

Questions about hummingbird moth

What does hummingbird moth mean?

hummingbird moth means "any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed".

What is another word for hummingbird moth?

Close synonyms include hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hummingbird moth a common word?

hummingbird moth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.