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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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"Daddy longlegs" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Hold Daddy Longlegs by one leg and say, 'tell me where the cows are,' and he will point just right under another leg, and onct he told me where to find my ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton


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