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Meaning: Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers Classified under: Nouns denoting plants Synonyms: Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; virgin's bower; old man's beard Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...): clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)
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: snake doctor; snake feeder; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; darning needle; sewing needle; devil's darning needle Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...): odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings) "Life begins at forty." (English proverb) "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." (Maimonides) "The best answer comes from the man who isn't angry." (Arabic proverb) "After rain comes sunshine" (Dutch proverb)
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