NOUN | animal | daddy longlegs, crane fly | long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite |
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animal | daddy longlegs, harvestman, Phalangium opilio | spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs |
Meaning | long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. | |
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Synonym | crane fly | |
Member of | Tipulidae, family Tipulidae | crane flies |
Broader | dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron | 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 |
Spanish | típula | |
Catalan | típula |
Meaning | spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs. | |
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Synonyms | harvestman, Phalangium opilio | |
Member of | Phalangium, genus Phalangium | type genus of the family Phalangiidae |
Broader | arachnid, arachnoid | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs |
Spanish | agostero, chichina, chinchina, falangio, opilón, pinacates, segador | |
Catalan | frare, segador |
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