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devil's darning needle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: devil's darning needle

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n
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
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n
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: devil's darning needle
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n common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Synonyms:
Clematis virginiana, old man's beard, virgin's bower
Type of:
clematis
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
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n slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Synonyms:
darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder
Type of:
odonate
large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
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