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Nectar vs Hawkmoth - What's the difference?

nectar | hawkmoth |

As nouns the difference between nectar and hawkmoth

is that nectar is nectar while hawkmoth is (entomology) any of several moths, of the family sphingidae , that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.

nectar

English

(wikipedia nectar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
  • (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
  • (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

    • Related terms

    * nectarine * nectarous * nectary

    See also

    * ambrosia * pollen

    References

    [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nectar&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

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    hawkmoth

    English

    Alternative forms

    *hawk moth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae , that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.