Daddy longlegs

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- 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.

II. Daddy longlegs ·- 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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