sphingidae

English Thesaurus

1. hawkmoths (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth,
definition	:	any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus manduca, manduca,
definition	:	moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	acherontia, genus acherontia,
definition	:	death's-head moth (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lepidoptera, order lepidoptera,
definition	:	moths and butterflies (noun.animal)