Sphingid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphingid \Sphin"gid\, n. (Zool.)
     A sphinx.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sphingid \Sphin"gid\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family {Sphingidae}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sphingid
       n : any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of
           powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed [syn: {hawkmoth},
            {hawk moth}, {sphinx moth}, {hummingbird moth}]