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DARNING NEEDLE

• DARNING NEEDLE (noun)
The noun DARNING NEEDLE has 2 senses:

1. a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Familiarity information: DARNING NEEDLE used as a noun is rare.

• DARNING NEEDLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

darning needle; embroidery needle

Hypernyms ("darning needle" is a kind of...):

sewing needle (a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

skeeter hawk; snake feeder; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; snake doctor; darning needle; sewing needle; devil's darning needle

Hypernyms ("darning needle" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

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