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DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Synonyms:
darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):
odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
Synonyms:
Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; old man's beard; virgin's bower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):
clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)
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