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devil's darning needle
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devil's darning needle
n.
1. Northeastern, Upper Northern, & Western U.S. See dragonfly. See Regional Note at dragonfly.
2. See damselfly.
devil's darning needle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a popular name for a dragonfly
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Noun1.devil's darning needledevil'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 needledevil'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


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