[Ads-l] A regional term for the crane fly
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 16 03:14:19 UTC 2016
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I thought a "mosquito hawk" was a dragonfly.
>
That's right. A.K.A "snake doctor." Notice that a snake doctor has a couple
of saddle-bag-like protrusions in which the medicine is carried,
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-Wilson
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