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needle | [in sewing] prick with a needle | |
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mosquito hawk, dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, skeeter hawk, needle, spindle, darner, mosquito fly, ear sewer, horse-stinger, dining needle | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | |
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needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument | |
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needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism | |
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needle, acerate leaf | the leaf of a conifer | |
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phonograph needle, needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record | |
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needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |