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SEWING 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 ("sewing needle" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sewing needle" is a kind of...):

needle (a sharp pointed implement (usually steel))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sewing needle"):

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

sharp (a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point)

upholstery needle (any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers)

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