Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun death's-head_moth

1 sense of death's-head moth

Sense 1
death's-head moth, Acherontia atropos -- (European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull)
       => hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth -- (any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed)