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sewing needle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sewing needle

1
 n
a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
2
 n
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sewing needle
1

n a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth

Types:
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
Type of:
needle
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
2

n slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

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