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Sphinx Moth

Definition: Sphinx Moth

Sphinx Moth

Noun

1. Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Sphinx Moth

Synonyms: hawk moth (n), hawkmoth (n), hummingbird moth (n), sphingid (n). (additional references)

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Sphinx Moth on Rock in high Steens WSA. (WSA 2-85F). Credit: Scott Moore.

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Anagrams: Sphinx Moth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-h-i-m-n-o-p-s-t-x"

-3 letters: hipshot.

-4 letters: impost, inmost, monish, monist, months, mopish, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, postin, siphon, sphinx, spinto, tonish, toxins.

-5 letters: hints, hoist, mints, moist, month, moths, omits, opsin, oxims, phons, phots, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piths, piton, point, posit, sixmo, sixth, smith, stomp, thins, tophi, tophs, topis, toxin.

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Alternative Orthography: Sphinx Moth


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 70 68 69 6E 78      4D 6F 74 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01110000 01101000 01101001 01101110 01111000 00100000 01001101 01101111 01110100 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#110 &#120 &#32 &#77 &#111 &#116 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0070 0068 0069 006E 0078      004D 006F 0074 0068

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

538274758090247818674

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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