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单词 daddy longlegs
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daddy longlegs


daddy long·legs

D0004100 (lông′lĕgz′, lŏng′-)n. pl. daddy longlegs 1. Any of various arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a small rounded body and long slender legs. Also called harvestman.2. Chiefly British A crane fly.
Thesaurus
Noun1.daddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bitedaddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bitecrane flydipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercingfamily Tipulidae, Tipulidae - crane flies
2.daddy longlegs - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legsharvestman, Phalangium opilioarachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legsgenus Phalangium, Phalangium - type genus of the family Phalangiidae
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daddy longlegs


daddy longlegs,

name applied to the harvestmanharvestman,
arachnid, often called daddy longlegs because of its eight long, slender legs. The harvestman has a rounded or oval body possessing glands that give off an acrid scent.
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, an arachnid, and to the crane flycrane fly,
true fly resembling a mosquito, often called daddy longlegs because of its six long, delicate legs. (The harvestman, also called daddy longlegs, belongs to an unrelated order.) Most species of crane flies have a single pair of wings and slender bodies.
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, an insect.

daddy longlegs


Related to daddy longlegs: Harvestmen
  • noun

Synonyms for daddy longlegs

noun long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite

Synonyms

  • crane fly

Related Words

  • dipteran
  • dipteron
  • dipterous insect
  • two-winged insects
  • family Tipulidae
  • Tipulidae

noun spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

Synonyms

  • harvestman
  • Phalangium opilio

Related Words

  • arachnid
  • arachnoid
  • genus Phalangium
  • Phalangium
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