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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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