crane-flyn.

Etymology: < crane n.¹ 1 + fly n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrane-fly.

A two-winged fly of the genus Tipula or family Tipulidæ, characterized by very long legs; in Great Britain popularly called daddy-long-legs.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly)

crane-fly1658

harry-long-legs1676

tailor1682

long legs1721

father-long-legs1742

Tipula1752

tommy-long-legs1800

Tom Tailor1800

meadow crane fly1813

jenny-spinner1817

daddy-long-legs1829

spinner-fly1848

granddaddy-long-legs1858

tipulid1893

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 943 A Water-fly, which men call from the length of the feet or shanks ..Gruinam; called therefore in English a Crane Fly.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Crane-fly, a name given by some to the creature we commonly call father long-legs.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 90 Their long legs [fit] the crane-fly to course rapidly over and among the herbage.

1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 74 Marshes give birth to myriads of crane-flies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	crane-fly
释义	crane-flyn. Etymology: < crane n.¹ 1 + fly n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrane-fly. A two-winged fly of the genus Tipula or family Tipulidæ, characterized by very long legs; in Great Britain popularly called daddy-long-legs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly) crane-fly1658 harry-long-legs1676 tailor1682 long legs1721 father-long-legs1742 Tipula1752 tommy-long-legs1800 Tom Tailor1800 meadow crane fly1813 jenny-spinner1817 daddy-long-legs1829 spinner-fly1848 granddaddy-long-legs1858 tipulid1893 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 943 A Water-fly, which men call from the length of the feet or shanks ..Gruinam; called therefore in English a Crane Fly. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Crane-fly, a name given by some to the creature we commonly call father long-legs. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 90 Their long legs [fit] the crane-fly to course rapidly over and among the herbage. 1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 74 Marshes give birth to myriads of crane-flies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1658
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