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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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"Daddy longlegs" Quotes from Famous Books

... o' nae sic worth, my lord—I hae yer ain word for 't. But I carena the leg o' a spin maggie (daddy longlegs)! Pairt wi' them I will not, 'cep' to him 'at pruves himsel' the ...

— Malcolm • George MacDonald

... here nor there,' replied his lordship; 'hat neither,' he added, exhibiting its crushed proportions. 'Old Blossomnose did the coat; and as to the hat, I did it myself—at least, old Daddy Longlegs and I did it between us. We got into a grass-field, of which they had cut a few roods of fence, just enough to tempt a man out of a very deep lane, and away we sailed, in the enjoyment of fine sound sward, with the rest of the field plunging and floundering, and holding and grinning, ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

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