"daddy longlegs" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdædɪ ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)lɛɡz/ [UK] Audio: EN-AU ck1 daddy longlegs.ogg [Australia] Forms: daddy longlegs [plural], daddy longlegses [plural]
Etymology: From daddy + longlegs. Etymology templates: {{m|en|daddy}} daddy, {{m|en|longlegs}} longlegs Head templates: {{en-noun|daddy longlegs|+}} daddy longlegs (plural daddy longlegs or daddy longlegses)
  1. (UK, Ireland) The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha. Tags: Ireland, UK Categories (lifeform): Arachnids Synonyms (insect of suborder Tipulomorpha): cranefly, tipulid
    Sense id: en-daddy_longlegs-en-noun-YmNO8ayp Disambiguation of Arachnids: 20 41 40 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of 'insect of suborder Tipulomorpha': 65 16 20
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Categories (lifeform): Arachnids Synonyms (arachnid of order Opiliones): harvestman Translations (harvestman): 盲蛛目 (Chinese Mandarin), mejer [common-gender] (Danish), lukki (Finnish), faucheur [masculine] (French), Opa Langbein [masculine] (German), Weberknecht [masculine] (German), ザトウムシ (zatōmushi) (Japanese), pekepeke-haratua (Maori), naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí (Navajo), naʼashjéʼii tsiizisí (Navajo), kosarz [masculine] (Polish), сеноко́сец (senokósec) [masculine] (Russian), segador [masculine] (Spanish), falangio [masculine] (Spanish), коса́р (kosár) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-daddy_longlegs-en-noun-2ecxbl7b Disambiguation of Arachnids: 20 41 40 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of 'arachnid of order Opiliones': 11 70 19 Disambiguation of 'harvestman': 1 96 3
  3. (loosely) The daddy long-legs spider, any spider of the family Pholcidae. Tags: broadly Categories (lifeform): Arachnids, Dipterans, Spiders Synonyms: daddy-longlegs, daddy-long-legs Synonyms (spider of family Pholcidae): cellar spider
    Sense id: en-daddy_longlegs-en-noun-eeqFzHmt Disambiguation of Arachnids: 20 41 40 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 32 25 43 Disambiguation of Spiders: 16 36 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 30 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 30 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of 'spider of family Pholcidae': 12 17 71

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "word": "pekepeke-haratua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "word": "naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "word": "naʼashjéʼii tsiizisí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kosarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "senokósec",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сеноко́сец"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falangio"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kosár",
      "sense": "harvestman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́р"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "daddy longlegs"
  ],
  "word": "daddy longlegs"
}

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