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mosquito hawk

mos·qui·to hawk
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [muh-skee-toh hawk]
    • /məˈski toʊ hɔk/
    • /məˈskiː.təʊ hɔːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-skee-toh hawk]
    • /məˈski toʊ hɔk/

Definitions of mosquito hawk words

  • noun mosquito hawk nighthawk (def 1). 1
  • noun mosquito hawk Chiefly Southern U.S.. Also called skeeter hawk. dragonfly (def 1). 1
  • noun mosquito hawk dragonfly 0
  • noun mosquito hawk nighthawk (sense 1) 0
See all 4 definitions of mosquito hawk

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Origin of mosquito hawk

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1700-10; so called because it feeds on nocturnal insects such as mosquitoes

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Parts of speech for Mosquito hawk

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mosquito hawk

mosquito hawk popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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