| 单词 | tommy-long-legs |
| 释义 | > as lemmastommy-long-legs tommy-long-legs n. English regional (north-eastern and east midlands) and Irish English (northern) a crane fly (family Tipulidae); = daddy-long-legs n. 2. 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 1800 W. Stickney Observ. respecting Grub 5 The Fly produced from the Grub in question, is known by the common names of Tom Taylor, Tommy Long-Legs, or Father Longlegs. 1885 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 19 Sept. Once saw a ‘Tommy Long-legs’ entangled in a spider's web. 1970 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. ii. 520 Q[uestion]. What do you call those insects with small thin bodies and thin legs, that fly up and down the window-pane? [Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire] Tommy-long-legs. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 360/2 Tammy long-legs, a cranefly.., also known as a daddy-long-legs. 2013 @Ellieconnolly18 9 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Why is there all of a sudden an infestation of tommy long legs? < as lemmas |
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