Definition of daddy longlegs Daddy longlegs
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WordNet
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| daddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite | ||
| crane fly | ||
| dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing | ||
| daddy longlegs - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | ||
| harvestman, Phalangium opilio | ||
| arachnid, arachnoid air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | ||
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Wiktionary 
- daddy longlegs (Noun)
Any non-spider arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- daddy longlegs
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. - daddy longlegs
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.
