Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mosquito_hawk

2 senses of mosquito hawk

Sense 1
dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk -- (slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.)
       => odonate -- (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

Sense 2
nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk -- (mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker)
       => goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid -- (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)