NOUN | plant | devil's darning needle, virgin's bower, old man's beard, Clematis virginiana | common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers |
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animal | devil's darning needle, dragonfly, 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 | Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers. | |
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Synonyms | virgin's bower, old man's beard, Clematis virginiana | |
Broader | clematis | Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers |
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, 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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