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/dˈædi lˈɔŋlˌɛgz/ Listen

Daddy longlegs

noun

Long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Synonym: crane fly.

Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs. Synonyms: harvestman, Phalangium opilio.

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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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Words linked to "Daddy longlegs" : dipterous insect, dipteran, two-winged insects, Phalangium, Tipulidae, arachnid, dipteron, family Tipulidae, Phalangium opilio, harvestman, genus Phalangium, arachnoid