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DADDY LONGLEGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
Synonyms:
daddy longlegs; harvestman; Phalangium opilio
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("daddy longlegs" is a kind of...):
arachnid; arachnoid (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)
Holonyms ("daddy longlegs" is a member of...):
genus Phalangium; Phalangium (type genus of the family Phalangiidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
Synonyms:
crane fly; daddy longlegs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("daddy longlegs" is a kind of...):
dipteran; 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 piercing)
Holonyms ("daddy longlegs" is a member of...):
family Tipulidae; Tipulidae (crane flies)
