darning needle
1. a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread • Syn: embroidery needle • Hypernyms: sewing needle 2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. • Syn: dragonfly, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk • Hypernyms: odonate
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