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crane fly

DEFINITIONS OF: crane fly

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n long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite

Synonyms:
daddy longlegs
Type of:
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
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