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Daddy longlegs   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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Words linked to "Daddy longlegs" :   dipteran, dipterous insect, harvestman, crane fly, Tipulidae, arachnid, genus Phalangium, Phalangium opilio, Phalangium


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