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daddy-longlegs

or dad·dy long·legs

[ dad-ee-lawng-legz, -long- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

Also called harvestman. any of numerous spiderlike arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a compact rounded body and extremely long, slender legs.
British. a crane fly.

daddy-longlegs

First recorded in 1805–15; daddy + long ¹ + leg + -s ³

Other Arachnids—as mites, ticks, scorpions, daddy longlegs or harvest-men—may be collected in the same way as spiders.

These latter were mostly harvestmen or daddy longlegs (Phalangid).

He always moved by leaps, as if he felt too gay to plod along like Daddy Longlegs, for instance.

Among them are the male cricket and "daddy-longlegs," both of which are reported to have been seen in a phosphorescent condition.

And before Daddy Longlegs could stop her she had hurried away to spread the news far and wide.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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