Noun: darning needle
- A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
"She threaded the darning needle with colourful silk floss";
- embroidery needle
- [N. Amer] Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
"The darning needle hovered effortlessly over the pond, its wings glinting in the sunlight";
- dragonfly, devil's darning needle [N. Amer], snake feeder [N. Amer], snake doctor [N. Amer], mosquito hawk [N. Amer], skeeter hawk [N. Amer], darner [N. Amer]
Derived forms: darning needles
Type of: odonate, sewing needle
Encyclopedia: Darning needle