'devil's darning needle' definitions:

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]

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]