DADDY LONGLEGS


Meaning of DADDY LONGLEGS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌda-dē-ˈlȯŋ-ˌlegz, -ˌlāgz ]

noun

( plural daddy longlegs )

Date: circa 1814

1. chiefly British : crane fly

2. : any of an order (Opiliones) of arachnids that have slender usually long legs and that resemble spiders but have an oval body lacking a constriction — called also harvestman

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.