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Meanings of devil's darning needle in English

Portuguese
libelinha
Catalan
espiadimonis
Spanish
anisoptera

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

      libelinha

      Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.

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            Examples for "virgin's bower"
            Examples for "virgin's bower"
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            C. CIRRHOSA.-EvergreenVirgin'sBower.
            Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
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            I was glad that the dark hid the whiteness of the old man's beard from my view.
            In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
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            Gidge takes part of the old man's beard and uses it as a pillow to sleep on.
            Independent.ie
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            Then the youth seized the ax, split the anvil with one blow, and struck the old man's beard in with it.
            The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
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            Then the youth took up an axe, and, splitting the anvil at one blow, wedged the old man's beard in it.
            Grimm's Fairy Stories
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            The draftsman has not forgotten this detail: the old man's beard spreads in a snowy avalanche over the apron and comes down to his knees.
            The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
            Usage of devil's darning needle in English
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            One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
            Memories and Anecdotes
            Translations for devil's darning needle
            Spanish
            anisoptera