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    FAMILY SPHINGIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Hawkmothsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sphingidae; Sphingidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Sphingidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Sphingidae"):

    hawk moth; hawkmoth; hummingbird moth; sphingid; sphinx moth (any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed)

    genus Manduca; Manduca (moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms)

    Acherontia; genus Acherontia (death's-head moth)

    Holonyms ("family Sphingidae" is a member of...):

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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