SPHINX MOTH

Meaning of SPHINX MOTH in English

noun Date: 1839 hawk moth

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

SPHINX MOTH — noun : hawkmoth
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPHINX MOTH. — See hawk moth . [ 1830-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHINX MOTH — Date: 1839 : hawk moth
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPHINX MOTH — Function: noun Date: 1839 : HAWK MOTH
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPHINX-MOTH — (энтомология) бабочка-бражник (Sphingidae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPHINX-MOTH — = sphinx 2
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPHINX MOTH — (n) бабочка-бражник
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPHINX-MOTH — = sphinx 2
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPHINX-MOTH — = sphinx 2
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPHINX-MOTH — (энтомология) бабочка-бражник (Sphingidae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTH — tinea. MOTHEATEN: rodet de tineas
English interlingue dictionary
MOTH — anunugba
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPHINX — Mythological creature with a lion's body and a human's head. It figures prominently in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. …
Английский словарь Британика
MOTH — I Any of several thousand lepidopteran species, found in all but polar habitats. Moths are chiefly nocturnal and have a …
Английский словарь Британика
MOTH — I. ˈmȯ]th also ˈmä] noun ( plural moths ]thz, ]ths, ]z\) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPHINX — ˈsfiŋ(k)s noun Etymology: Middle English Spynx the sphinx of Thebes who according to Greek legend destroyed all passers who could …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPHINX — (n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Английский словарь Webster
MOTH — (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these …
Английский словарь Webster
MOTH — (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
Английский словарь Webster
SPHINX — ( n. ) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — ( n. ) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — ( n. ) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHINX — /sfingks/ , n. , pl. sphinxes, sphinges /sfin"jeez/ . 1. (in ancient Egypt) a. a figure of an imaginary creature …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — /mawth, moth/ , n. , pl. moths /mawdhz, modhz, mawths, moths/ . 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHINX — noun ( plural sphinx·es or sphin·ges ˈsfin-ˌjēz) Etymology: Latin, from Greek Sphinx, Sphix Date: 15th century 1. a. capitalized : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTH — noun ( plural moths ˈmȯthz, ˈmȯths) Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old English moththe; akin to Middle High German motte …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPHINX — noun the guinea, or sphinx, baboon (cynocephalus sphinx). 2. sphinx ·noun hence: a person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially …
Webster English vocab
MOTH — noun a mote. 2. moth ·noun anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. 3. moth …
Webster English vocab
SPHINX — [sphinx] n, pl sphinx.es or sphin.ges [L, fr. Gk Sphinx, Sphix] 1 a cap: a winged female monster in Greek …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTH — [moth] n, pl moths [ME mothe, fr. OE moththe; akin to MHG motte moth] (bef. 12c) 1: clothes moth 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPHINX — mythological creature with a lion's body and human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTH — South African day-flying moth (Euchromia formosa) any of several thousand species of usually nocturnal insects belonging to about 47 families …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPHINX — sphinx, S\~ BrE AmE sfɪŋ k s ▷ sphinxes, Sphinx's ˈsfɪŋ k s ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTH — moth BrE AmE mɒθ AmE mɔːθ mɑːθ ▷ moths mɒθs AmE mɔːðz mɑːðz, mɔːθs, mɑːθs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPHINX — / sfɪŋks; NAmE / noun (often the Sphinx ) an ancient Egyptian stone statue of a creature with a human …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHINX — Sphinx, the BrE AmE 1 . the Great Sphinx a large, very ancient sphinx which is close to the Pyramids …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPHINX — sphinx BrE AmE , Sphinx /sfɪŋks/ noun [countable] an ancient Egyptian image of a lion with a human head, lying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTH — moth /mɒθ $ mɒːθ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: moththe ] an insect related to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPHINX — n. 1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPHINX — n. 1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTH — n. 1 any usu. nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera excluding butterflies, having a stout body and without clubbed antennae. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPHINX — n.1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose riddle …
Oxford English vocab
MOTH — n.1 any usu. nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera excluding butterflies, having a stout body and without clubbed antennae. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SPHINX — also Sphinx ( sphinxes) The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTH — ( moths) A moth is an insect like a butterfly which usually flies about at night. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHINX — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Behind them, the huge ugly building crouched like a sphinx , purring through iron tonsils. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE female ▪ When the evening comes the female spruce budworm moth rises up on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPHINX — [noun] [C] [plural] sphinx or sphinxes - an ancient imaginary creature with a lion's body and a woman's headAccording to …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTH — [noun] [C] - an winged insect which is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to …
Cambridge English vocab
SPHINX — n. Mythological creature with a lion's body and a human's head. It figures prominently in Egyptian and Greek art and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTH — n. owlet moth bagworm moth gypsy moth hawk moth sphinx moth luna moth saturniid moth giant silkworm moth silkworm moth …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTH — n. Any of several thousand lepidopteran species, found in all but polar habitats. Moths are chiefly nocturnal and have a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTH — noun Moth is used after these nouns: ↑ silk
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOTH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Moths See also butterfly . lobster moth angle shades luna moth atlas moth magpie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPHINX — [Greek] In ancient Egypt, the Sphinx is a male statue of a lion with the head of a human, sometimes …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
MOTH — By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to the destructive habits of …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SPHINX — сущ. 1) сфинкс 2) загадочное существо; непонятный человек сфинкс загадочный человек - she was always a * to me она …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPHINX — sphinx.ogg sfıŋks n ( pl sphinges, sphinxes ʹsfıŋksız ) 1. 1> сфинкс 2> загадочный человек she was always a sphinx …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPHINX — сущ.; мн. ч. sphinxes, sphinges1) сфинкс (каменное изваяние лежащего льва с человеческой головой) Egyptian Sphinges — египетские сфинксы 2) (Sphinx) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPHINX — n ( pl sphinges, sphinxes ʹsfıŋksız ) 1. 1> сфинкс 2> загадочный человек she was always a sphinx to me …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPHINX — сущ. ; мн. sphinxes, sphinges 1) сфинкс ( каменное изваяние лежащего льва с человеческой головой ) Egyptian Sphinges — египетские …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MOTH
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPHINX — сущ.; мн. sphinxes, sphinges 1) сфинкс (каменное изваяние лежащего льва с человеческой головой) Egyptian Sphinges — египетские сфинксы 2) (Sphinx) сфинкс (в др.-греч. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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