| NOUN | artifact | sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | sewing needle, dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent / iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
| Meaning | A needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth. | |
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| Narrower | darning needle, embroidery needle | A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
| sharp | A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point | |
| upholstery needle | Any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers | |
| Broader | needle | A sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
| Spanish | aguja de coser | |
| Meaning | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent / iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk | |
| Broader | odonate | large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
| Spanish | aguacil, anisoptera, caballito del diablo, libélula, pipilacha | |
| Catalan | barratgina, espiadimonis, libèl·lula, tallanassos, teixidor | |
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