skeeter-hawk

skeeter hawk

noun
mosquito hawk.
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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

Regional variation note
2. See dragonfly.
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mosquito hawk
 
—n
another name for nighthawk

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