hummingbird moth

2 definitions found

hummingbird moth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
     A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
     hum.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Hummingale, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
  
     Humming-bird moth (Zool.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth,
        under Hawk, the bird.
        [1913 Webster] hummingbird

hummingbird moth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hummingbird moth
      n 1: any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of
           powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed [syn:
           hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth,
           hummingbird moth]