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Sphindid vs Sphingid - What's the difference?

sphindid | sphingid |

As nouns the difference between sphindid and sphingid

is that sphindid is any member of the Sphindidae while sphingid is any of many hawk moths of the family Sphingidae

As an adjective sphingid is

of or pertaining to these moths.

sphindid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Sphindidae.

    • sphingid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of many hawk moths of the family Sphingidae

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to these moths.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 108:
  • *:There was a crescent eaten out of a vine leaf by a sphingid larva.