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English noun: darning needle

1. darning needle (artifact) a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread


Synonymsembroidery needle


Broader (hypernym)sewing needle

2. darning needle (animal) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.


Synonymsdevil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder


Broader (hypernym)odonate









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