devil's darning needle

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devil's darning needle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  devil's darning needle
      n 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,
           devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana]
      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, devil's   darning needle
         , sewing needle, snake feeder, snake   doctor
         , mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk]