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darning needle
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Noun darning needle has 2 senses
- darning needle(n = noun.artifact) embroidery needle - a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread; Array is a kind of sewing needle
- darning needle(n = noun.animal) devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.; Array is a kind of odonate
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