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/dˈædi lˈɔŋlˌɛgz/ Listen

noun

Daddy longlegs n.

(Zool.) 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.

(Zool.) 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.

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Etymology of 'Daddy longlegs'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Daddy longlegs" Quotes from Famous Books

... sunshine was streaming in through the big windows when the clear, ringing notes of reveille and the cheery strains of "Old Daddy Longlegs" roused him to consciousness ...

— Soldiers of the Queen • Harold Avery

... Humpty Dumpty up again." We must remember that the wise Fools of those days dared not call magnates by their real names,—nor utter facts openly: so accordingly (3) they turned Edward Longshanks into "Daddy Longlegs,"—and (4) sang about King John's raid upon the monks, and the consequent famine to the poor, in "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie," &c.,—the key to this interpretation being "a dainty dish to set ...

— My Life as an Author • Martin Farquhar Tupper