Found 2 items, similar to daddy longlegs.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: daddy longlegs
daddy longlegs
n 1: long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but
do not bite [syn:
crane fly]
2: spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long
thin legs [syn:
harvestman,
Phalangium opilio]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Daddy longlegs
Daddy longlegs
\Dad“dy long”legs`\
1. (Zo["o]l.) An arachnidan of the genus
Phalangium, and
allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long
legs; -- called also
harvestman,
carter, and
grandfather longlegs.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to many species of dipterous
insects of the genus
Tipula, and allied genera, with
slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane
fly; -- called also
father longlegs.
[1913 Webster]