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altruism
/ˈæl tru ˌɪ zəm /
/ˈæl tru ˌɪ zəm /
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mosquito hawk
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread…
mosquito hawk meaning(s)
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- (n) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- (n) mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
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mosquito hawk usage(s) Create your Own
- Yankees in some parts of New England call it a devil's darning needle, while some Southern Coast people go for mosquito hawk, and the Pennsylvania-Dutch merely turn the Old Country .
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mosquito net
a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos
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mosquitoes
/mə ˈski toʊz/
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two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce…
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mosquitofish
silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and…
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moss
/ˈmɔs/
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tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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moss agate
an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
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moss animal
sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having…
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moss campion
tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central…
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moss family
a family of mosses
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moss genus
a genus of mosses
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moss green
of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color
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moss hart
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
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moss locust
large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems…
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moss phlox
low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white…
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moss pink
low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
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moss-grown
overgrown with moss
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moss-trooper
a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England…
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mossad
/moʊ ˈsæd/
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the Israeli foreign intelligence agency
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mossback
an extremely old-fashioned conservative
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mossbauer
German physicist (born in 1929)
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mosstone
of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color
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mossy
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overgrown with moss
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mossy saxifrage
tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated…
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mossy-cup oak
medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with…