Darning needle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
    embroidery needle.
  2. noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
    dragonfly; snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. . (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zoöl.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. In this sense, usually written with a hyphen. Called also devil's darning-needle.

Webster 1913