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devil's darning needle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's -darn-ing nee-dle
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.

noun

A dragonfly.

noun

A cranefly.

noun

A stick insect.

Inflected Forms

devil's darning needles (plural)

Synonyms

dragonfly darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk virgin's bower old man's beard clematis virginiana

Questions

What does devil's darning needle mean?
Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.

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