NOUN | artifact | darning needle, embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
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animal | darning needle, dragonfly, devil's darning needle, sewing 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 long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread. | |
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Synonym | embroidery needle | |
Broader | sewing needle | A needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
Spanish | aguja de zurcir |
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, devil's darning needle, sewing 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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