father-long-legsn.

Brit.

/ˌfɑːðəˈlɒŋlɛɡz/, U.S.

/ˌfɑðərˈlɔŋˌlɛɡz/,

/ˌfɑðərˈlɑŋˌlɛɡz/

Inflections: Plural unchanged;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: father n., long adj.¹, leg n.

Etymology: < father n. + long adj.¹ + the plural of leg n. The animals are so called on account of their long slender legs. Compare daddy-long-legs n. and earlier harry-long-legs n. at Harry n.² Compounds 1a.

Now historical and rare.

1. British. A crane fly; = daddy-long-legs n. 2.

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

1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. l. 279 The Crane-Fly, called by Aldrovand Culex maximus, by Swammerdam Tipula terrestris, and by the common People Father-long-Legs.

1816 P. Wakefield Introd. Nat. Hist. & Classif. Insects xiv. 130 The largest of the European kinds, is the Tipula rivosa: this is our old acquaintance, Father Long-legs.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 15 I struck as nature guided me, no wiser than a father-long-legs in the heat of a lanthorn.

2010 P. Walker Courier's Tale ii. viii. 191 There was a cranefly, which the children call father-long- legs, on the window.

2. Chiefly North American. A harvestman (order Opiliones), which has a small rounded body and very long thin legs; = daddy-long-legs n. 1.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of

shepherd1608

carter spider1665

shepherd spider1665

spider1665

shepherd's spider1688

father-long-legs1746

granddaddy1808

daddy-long-legs1818

harvestman1830

grandfather-long-legs1833

phalangian1835

phalangidan1835

harvest-spider1852

granddaddy-long-legs1858

phalangid1869

phalange1876

opilionid1900

1746 B. Martin Ess. Electr. 22 That Sort [of spider] we call a Carter, or Father Long-legs.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 226 Father Long Legs, Phalangium. Several species.

1901 J. M. Hoppin Great Epochs Art Hist. 186 I noticed a priest on stilts in his seminary yard playing with his scholars, but at this distance he appeared like a ‘father long-legs’.

1953 Illustr. London News 17 Oct. 608/1 Daddy-long-legs, father-long-legs, harvester, harvest spider,..are alternative names for these long-legged spiders.

2010 J. Thomas Curiosity xiv. 151 She listened with half a mind, watching a father-long-legs on the wall lift its legs one by one, as though to count them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	father-long-legs
释义	father-long-legsn. Brit. /ˌfɑːðəˈlɒŋlɛɡz/, U.S. /ˌfɑðərˈlɔŋˌlɛɡz/, /ˌfɑðərˈlɑŋˌlɛɡz/ Inflections: Plural unchanged; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: father n., long adj.¹, leg n. Etymology: < father n. + long adj.¹ + the plural of leg n. The animals are so called on account of their long slender legs. Compare daddy-long-legs n. and earlier harry-long-legs n. at Harry n.² Compounds 1a. Now historical and rare. 1. British. A crane fly; = daddy-long-legs n. 2. 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 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. l. 279 The Crane-Fly, called by Aldrovand Culex maximus, by Swammerdam Tipula terrestris, and by the common People Father-long-Legs. 1816 P. Wakefield Introd. Nat. Hist. & Classif. Insects xiv. 130 The largest of the European kinds, is the Tipula rivosa: this is our old acquaintance, Father Long-legs. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 15 I struck as nature guided me, no wiser than a father-long-legs in the heat of a lanthorn. 2010 P. Walker Courier's Tale ii. viii. 191 There was a cranefly, which the children call father-long- legs, on the window. 2. Chiefly North American. A harvestman (order Opiliones), which has a small rounded body and very long thin legs; = daddy-long-legs n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of shepherd1608 carter spider1665 shepherd spider1665 spider1665 shepherd's spider1688 father-long-legs1746 granddaddy1808 daddy-long-legs1818 harvestman1830 grandfather-long-legs1833 phalangian1835 phalangidan1835 harvest-spider1852 granddaddy-long-legs1858 phalangid1869 phalange1876 opilionid1900 1746 B. Martin Ess. Electr. 22 That Sort [of spider] we call a Carter, or Father Long-legs. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 226 Father Long Legs, Phalangium. Several species. 1901 J. M. Hoppin Great Epochs Art Hist. 186 I noticed a priest on stilts in his seminary yard playing with his scholars, but at this distance he appeared like a ‘father long-legs’. 1953 Illustr. London News 17 Oct. 608/1 Daddy-long-legs, father-long-legs, harvester, harvest spider,..are alternative names for these long-legged spiders. 2010 J. Thomas Curiosity xiv. 151 She listened with half a mind, watching a father-long-legs on the wall lift its legs one by one, as though to count them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1742
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