devil's darning needle

devil's darning needle

n.

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

2. See damselfly.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	devil's darning needle - common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers Clematis virginiana, virgin's bower, old man's beard clematis - any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
	2.	devil's 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, darning needle odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings