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devil's darning needle
devil's darning needlen. Northeastern, Upper Northern, & Western US See dragonfly.devil's darning needle n (Animals) a popular name for a dragonfly 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 flowersClematis virginiana, virgin's bower, old man's beardclematis - 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 needleodonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
devil's darning needle
devil's darning needle: see dragonflydragonfly,
any insect of the order Odonata, which also includes the damselfly. Members of this order are generally large predatory insects and characteristically have chewing mouthparts and four membranous, net-veined wings; they undergo complete metamorphosis.
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Synonyms for devil's darning needlenoun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowersSynonyms- Clematis virginiana
- virgin's bower
- old man's beard
Related Wordsnoun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at restSynonyms- dragonfly
- mosquito hawk
- skeeter hawk
- snake doctor
- snake feeder
- sewing needle
- darning needle
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