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mosquito hawks

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mosquito hawk

–noun
1. nighthawk (def. 1).
2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Also called skeeter hawk. dragonfly (def. 1).

Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; so called because it feeds on nocturnal insects such as mosquitoes


2. See dragonfly.
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