: a long needle with a large eye for use in darning
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: dragonfly, damselfly
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAfter all, some of the first subcutaneous drug delivery options involved shoving a pellet of medication under the skin with a darning needle. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Dragonflies have colorful common names, such as devil’s darning needle, horse stinger, eye-snatcher, and snake doctor.National Geographic, 28 Apr. 2020