DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's darning needle mean? 

• DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE (noun)
  The noun DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE has 2 senses:

1. common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

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

  Familiarity information: DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; old man's beard; virgin's bower

Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder

Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):

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