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daddy longlegs

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: daddy longlegs

1
 n
spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
2
 n
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: daddy longlegs
1

n spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

Synonyms:
Phalangium opilio, harvestman
Type of:
arachnid, arachnoid
air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
2

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

Synonyms:
crane fly
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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