| sewing needle 
 
 1. a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
 • Hypernyms:
 needle
 • Hyponyms:
 darning needle, embroidery needle, sharp, upholstery needle
 2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest;
 adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
 • Syn:
 dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, snake feeder, snake doctor,
 mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
 • Hypernyms:
 odonate
 
 
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