daddy-long-legsn.

Brit.

/ˌdadɪˈlɒŋlɛɡz/, U.S.

/ˌdædiˈlɔŋˌlɛɡz/,

/ˌdædiˈlɑŋˌlɛɡz/

Inflections: Plural unchanged;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daddy n., long adj.¹, leg n.

Etymology: < daddy n. + long adj.¹ + the plural of leg n.; so called on account of their long slender legs. Compare earlier father-long-legs n.

1. Chiefly North American. A harvestman (order Opiliones), which has a small rounded body and very long thin legs.Cf. father-long-legs n. 2, granddaddy-long-legs n. at granddaddy n. Compounds.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of

shepherd1608

carter spider1665

shepherd spider1665

spider1665

shepherd's spider1688

father-long-legs1746

granddaddy1808

daddy-long-legs1818

harvestman1830

grandfather-long-legs1833

phalangian1835

phalangidan1835

harvest-spider1852

granddaddy-long-legs1858

phalangid1869

phalange1876

opilionid1900

1818 Nicholson's Brit. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IX. at Phalangium To this genus belong the well-known insects, called daddy long legs, shepherd or harvest spiders.

1865 F. Cowan Curious Facts Hist. Insects 321 A superstition obtains among our cow-boys that if a cow be lost, its whereabouts may be learned by inquiring of the Daddy-Long-legs (Phalangium), which points out the direction of the lost animal with one of its fore legs.

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 279 The group to which the spiders belong includes the scorpions, the harvestmen or ‘daddy-long-legs’, and other forms less common.

1971 C. Johansen in R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) iv. 91 Phalangida are the daddy longlegs.

2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xx. 679 Tropical species [of harvestmen] often little resemble the delicate, gossamer-legged daddy longlegs so familiar to temperate zone observers.

2. Chiefly British. A crane fly (family Tipulidae), esp. a large one of the genus Tipula.Cf. father-long-legs n. 1, harry-long-legs n. at Harry n.² Compounds 1a.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly)

crane-fly1658

harry-long-legs1676

tailor1682

long legs1721

father-long-legs1742

Tipula1752

tommy-long-legs1800

Tom Tailor1800

meadow crane fly1813

jenny-spinner1817

daddy-long-legs1829

spinner-fly1848

granddaddy-long-legs1858

tipulid1893

1829 J. F. Stephens Syst. Catal. Brit. Insects 247 Tipula Auctorum... Daddy Long-legs: ‘Harry Long-legs or Taylor Fly’. Albin.

1840 J. O. Westwood in E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 619 These insects are well known under the names of Daddy long-legs, Tailors, &c.

1884 F. J. Lloyd Sci. Agric. 279 Next to the wireworm the crane fly or daddy-longlegs..is probably most hurtful.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 246 The thoracic limbs show great diversity of form, as we see when we contrast a daddy-long-legs with a mole-cricket.

1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. iv. 99 Daddy-long-legs—Tipulidae—are common in some years. Their larvae, called leather-jackets, feed on the roots of grasses.

2000 H. Stevenson Instr. for Visitors (2002) 105 I lay there..watching daddy-long-legs lollop across the grubby ceiling.

3. The cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides, which has a small body and very long thin legs. Also more fully daddy-long-legs spider.

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1887 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 21 Apr. 316/1 The spindly Pholcus, often called Daddy Longlegs, perambulates over vineries sometimes, and may be let alone.

1898 Rep. Trustees Austral. Mus. 1897 24/2 (table) Spider (Daddy Long Legs)—Pholcus phalangoides.

1922 Jrnl. Bot. Soc. S. Afr. 8 17/2 The common ‘daddy-long-legs’ (Pholcus phalangioides) carries her sack of eggs about with her if she is disturbed.

1966 Animals (London) 11 Jan. 166/2 (caption) The daddy-long-legs spider, Pholcus phalangoides, photographed in a ceiling corner.

2009 Independent 26 Sept. 3/3 More familiar spiders Mr Shardlow has been watching include the garden cross spider..and the daddy-long-legs spider.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	daddy-long-legs
释义	daddy-long-legsn. Brit. /ˌdadɪˈlɒŋlɛɡz/, U.S. /ˌdædiˈlɔŋˌlɛɡz/, /ˌdædiˈlɑŋˌlɛɡz/ Inflections: Plural unchanged; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daddy n., long adj.¹, leg n. Etymology: < daddy n. + long adj.¹ + the plural of leg n.; so called on account of their long slender legs. Compare earlier father-long-legs n. 1. Chiefly North American. A harvestman (order Opiliones), which has a small rounded body and very long thin legs.Cf. father-long-legs n. 2, granddaddy-long-legs n. at granddaddy n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of shepherd1608 carter spider1665 shepherd spider1665 spider1665 shepherd's spider1688 father-long-legs1746 granddaddy1808 daddy-long-legs1818 harvestman1830 grandfather-long-legs1833 phalangian1835 phalangidan1835 harvest-spider1852 granddaddy-long-legs1858 phalangid1869 phalange1876 opilionid1900 1818 Nicholson's Brit. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IX. at Phalangium To this genus belong the well-known insects, called daddy long legs, shepherd or harvest spiders. 1865 F. Cowan Curious Facts Hist. Insects 321 A superstition obtains among our cow-boys that if a cow be lost, its whereabouts may be learned by inquiring of the Daddy-Long-legs (Phalangium), which points out the direction of the lost animal with one of its fore legs. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 279 The group to which the spiders belong includes the scorpions, the harvestmen or ‘daddy-long-legs’, and other forms less common. 1971 C. Johansen in R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) iv. 91 Phalangida are the daddy longlegs. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xx. 679 Tropical species [of harvestmen] often little resemble the delicate, gossamer-legged daddy longlegs so familiar to temperate zone observers. 2. Chiefly British. A crane fly (family Tipulidae), esp. a large one of the genus Tipula.Cf. father-long-legs n. 1, harry-long-legs n. at Harry n.² Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly) crane-fly1658 harry-long-legs1676 tailor1682 long legs1721 father-long-legs1742 Tipula1752 tommy-long-legs1800 Tom Tailor1800 meadow crane fly1813 jenny-spinner1817 daddy-long-legs1829 spinner-fly1848 granddaddy-long-legs1858 tipulid1893 1829 J. F. Stephens Syst. Catal. Brit. Insects 247 Tipula Auctorum... Daddy Long-legs: ‘Harry Long-legs or Taylor Fly’. Albin. 1840 J. O. Westwood in E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 619 These insects are well known under the names of Daddy long-legs, Tailors, &c. 1884 F. J. Lloyd Sci. Agric. 279 Next to the wireworm the crane fly or daddy-longlegs..is probably most hurtful. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 246 The thoracic limbs show great diversity of form, as we see when we contrast a daddy-long-legs with a mole-cricket. 1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. iv. 99 Daddy-long-legs—Tipulidae—are common in some years. Their larvae, called leather-jackets, feed on the roots of grasses. 2000 H. Stevenson Instr. for Visitors (2002) 105 I lay there..watching daddy-long-legs lollop across the grubby ceiling. 3. The cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides, which has a small body and very long thin legs. Also more fully daddy-long-legs spider. ΚΠ 1887 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 21 Apr. 316/1 The spindly Pholcus, often called Daddy Longlegs, perambulates over vineries sometimes, and may be let alone. 1898 Rep. Trustees Austral. Mus. 1897 24/2 (table) Spider (Daddy Long Legs)—Pholcus phalangoides. 1922 Jrnl. Bot. Soc. S. Afr. 8 17/2 The common ‘daddy-long-legs’ (Pholcus phalangioides) carries her sack of eggs about with her if she is disturbed. 1966 Animals (London) 11 Jan. 166/2 (caption) The daddy-long-legs spider, Pholcus phalangoides, photographed in a ceiling corner. 2009 Independent 26 Sept. 3/3 More familiar spiders Mr Shardlow has been watching include the garden cross spider..and the daddy-long-legs spider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1818
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