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Death's-head moth

noun

European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull. Synonym: Acherontia atropos.

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"Death's-head moth" Quotes from Famous Books

... with gloomy despair, and here are the phantom-like thoughts which tap, with wings of a bat, the beak of a vulture, the body of a death's-head moth, upon the walls of the palace in which, enkindled by desire, glows your brain ...

— Analytical Studies • Honore de Balzac

Words linked to "Death's-head moth" : hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, hawk moth, Acherontia, genus Acherontia, Acherontia atropos, sphinx moth