1. Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
   "The mosquito hawk hovered effortlessly over the pond, its wings glinting in the sunlight";
   - dragonfly, darning needle [N. Amer], devil's darning needle [N. Amer], snake feeder [N. Amer], snake doctor [N. Amer], skeeter hawk [N. Amer], darner [N. Amer]
    
2. Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
   "The mosquito hawk swooped low over the field, catching insects on the wing";
   - nighthawk, bullbat

Derived forms: mosquito hawks

Type of: caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar, odonate

Part of: Chordeiles, genus Chordeiles

Encyclopedia: Mosquito hawk