sphingid

[ sfin-jid ]

noun

1. hawk moth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sphingid¹

1905–10; < New Latin Sphingidae family name, equivalent to sphing- (stem of Sphinx type genus) + -idae -idae; -id ²

Example Sentences

Female Sphingid, however, do not generally lay eggs in confinement,66 or at most only a very small number.

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The caterpillars of the Sphingid are known to behave themselves in different manners when attacked.

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After all these illustrations it can no longer remain doubtful that the oblique stripes of the Sphingid are adaptive.

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The caterpillars of the Sphingid appear also in some cases to vary in a manner very suggestive of phytophagic influences.

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The head is greyer than the body; the usual Sphingid horn is absent, and in its place there is a double wart.

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