devil's darning needle

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noun

1. common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
• Syn:
virgin's bower, old man's beard, Clematis virginiana
• Hypernyms:
clematis
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest;
adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
• Syn:
dragonfly, darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor,
mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
• Hypernyms:
odonate