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Daddy longlegs
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Noun Daddy longlegs has 2 senses
- daddy longlegs(n = noun.animal) crane fly - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite; Array is a kind of dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
- daddy longlegs(n = noun.animal) harvestman, phalangium opilio - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs; Array is a kind of arachnid, arachnoid
is a member of family tipulidae, tipulidae
is a member of genus phalangium, phalangium
THESAURUS
Daddy longlegs
arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick
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