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devil's darning needle   (TTS Sound)

The noun devil's darning needle has 2 senses

• virgin's bower, old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana -- (common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers)


• dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk -- (slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.)