daddy long·legs

(lông′lĕgz′, lŏng′-)

n. pl. daddy longlegs

1. Any of various arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a small rounded body and long slender legs. Also called harvestman.

2. Chiefly British A crane fly.

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Noun	1.	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 family Tipulidae, Tipulidae - crane flies
	2.	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 genus Phalangium, Phalangium - type genus of the family Phalangiidae

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