Noun has 2 senses

• darning needle(n = noun.artifact) embroidery needle - a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread;


• darning needle(n = noun.animal) devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.;