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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite [syn: crane fly, daddy longlegs]
2: spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio]

Merriam Webster's

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daddy longlegs Dad"dy long"legs` 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(daddy longlegs) A daddy longlegs is a flying insect with very long legs. = cranefly N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick