sphingid

English

Noun

sphingid (plural sphingids)

1. (entomology) Any of many hawk moths of the family Sphingidae

Adjective

sphingid (comparative more sphingid, superlative most sphingid)

1. Of or pertaining to these moths.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 108:

     There was a crescent eaten out of a vine leaf by a sphingid larva.