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Daddy longlegs   /dˈædi lˈɔŋlˌɛgz/   Listen
noun
Daddy longlegs  n.  
1.
(Zool.) An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.
2.
(Zool.) A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; called also father longlegs.





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... floor," up one flight of stairs from the street. Luckily I was still in the draw-dining-room—a fantastic apartment crowded with nouveau-art furniture all out of drawing, like daddy longlegs—when the woman tapped and peeped in. If I had gone upstairs to my own top-floor room, I'm sure, being a prim person, she would have considered it improper to summon me down, and I should have ...
— Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson


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