Associations to the word «Hawkmoth»

Wiktionary

HAWKMOTH, noun. (entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.

Dictionary definition

HAWKMOTH, noun. Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca