mosquito hawk

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mosquito hawk (plural mosquito hawks)

  1. (US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha
  2. (US, regional) A dragonfly.
  3. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.