[Ads-l] A regional term for the crane fly

[Jonathan Lighter]

No kidding!  I never knew/thought of that!

JL

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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