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Any true spider of the family Pholcidae, small spiders with long legs.Syn: Granddaddy long-legs spider, cellar spider, vibrating spider, house spider
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daddy long legs — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms daddy long legs : singular daddy long legs plural daddy long legs 1) British a fly with a thin body and very long thin legs 2) American an insect like a spider with a round body and very long thin legs … English dictionary
daddy-long-legs — /ˌdædi ˈlɒŋ lɛgz / (say .dadee long legz) noun (plural daddy long legs) 1. a small web spinning spider of the family Pholcidae, with long, thin legs, frequently found indoors. 2. British → cranefly. 3. → house centipede. 4. US → harvestman …
daddy-long-legs — n. 1. Father long legs, cranefly. 2. Shepherd spider, harvest man … New dictionary of synonyms
daddy long-legs — type of spider that has a tiny body and very long thin legs … English contemporary dictionary
Spider taxonomy — is the alpha taxonomy of the spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida with about 40,000 described species. However there are likely many species that have escaped the human eye to this day, and many specimens stored… … Wikipedia
father-long-legs — n. 1. Crane fly, daddy long legs. 2. Shepherd spider, harvest man … New dictionary of synonyms
dad|dy-long|legs — daddy longlegs, or dad|dy long|legs «DAD ee LNG LEHGZ, LONG », noun, plural legs. 1. an animal that looks much like a spider, but does not bite; harvestman. It has a small body and long, thin legs. 2. British. a crane fly … Useful english dictionary
Spider bite — redirects here. For The Spider Bite urban legend, see The Spider Bite. Spider bite Classification and external resources Chelicerae of a black wishbone (nemesiid) spider, a mygalomorph … Wikipedia
Spider — Taxobox name = Spiders image width = 250px image caption = an Orb weaver spider, Family: Araneidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae ordo authority = Clerck, 1757 diversity link =… … Wikipedia
House spider — may refer to:* Black house spider, Badumna Insignis * Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa * Common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum * Daddy long legs spiders, of the Pholcidae family * Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica * Giant… … Wikipedia
