"sewing needle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sewing needles [plural]
Etymology: Compare Irish snáthaid mhór (“dragonfly”) from snáthaid (“needle”) + mhór (“big, large, great”). Etymology templates: {{m+|ga|snáthaid mhór|t=dragonfly}} Irish snáthaid mhór (“dragonfly”), {{af|ga|snáthaid|mhór|t1=needle|t2=big, large, great}} snáthaid (“needle”) + mhór (“big, large, great”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sewing needle (plural sewing needles)
  1. A dragonfly or damselfly. Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies Translations (dragonfly or damselfly): sudenkorento (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sewing_needle-en-noun-r3jX42rO Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'dragonfly or damselfly': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sewing, needle. Synonyms: odonate
    Sense id: en-sewing_needle-en-noun-3sgiO4Ll

Inflected forms

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