daddy longlegs
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdædɪ ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)leɡz/
Noun

daddy longlegs

  1. (UK, Ireland) The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha.
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman.
    • 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 10, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ojMQP6aWW6sC&pg=PA636&dq=%22daddy+longlegs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ews1T6nhOu3vmAWhhO33AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22daddy%20longlegs%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 636],
      Unlike spiders, daddy longlegs do not have a clearly marked division between thorax and abdomen. They are further distinguished from spiders in that they do not produce venom or silk.
    • 2004, Clay Thompson, Marshall Trimble, The Valley 101 Great Big Book of Life, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FUgKx6oIV00C&pg=PA33&dq=%22daddy+longlegs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1iQ1T-COLsnDmQX-1_WNAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22daddy%20longlegs%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 33],
      Daddy longlegs aren′t even really spiders.
  3. (loosely) The daddy long-legs spider, any spider of the family Pholcidae.
Synonyms Translations


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.015
Offline English dictionary