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darn·ing needle (därnng)

n.

1. A long, large-eyed needle used in darning.

2. Northeastern, Upper Northern, & Western U.S. See dragonfly. See Regional Note at dragonfly.

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darning needle

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a long needle with a large eye used for darning

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian a dialect name for a dragonfly

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	darning needle - a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread embroidery needle sewing needle - a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
	2.	darning needle - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. dragonfly, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, sewing needle, devil's darning needle odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

Translations

darning needle

n → Stopfnadel f