mosquito hawk

Questions about mosquito hawk

What does mosquito hawk mean?

mosquito hawk means "slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mosquito hawk?

Close synonyms include dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder. 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 mosquito hawk a common word?

mosquito hawk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.