| 单词 | granddaddy-long-legs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranddaddy-long-legs granddaddy-long-legs n. chiefly U.S. an arthropod with long thin legs; esp. a harvestman (order Opiliones).Cf. daddy-long-legs n. 1, grandfather-long-legs n. at grandfather n. Compounds 2. 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 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 1858 W. H. English Addr. before Washington & Orange Agric. Soc. 7/2 What shrieks at the sight of a spider, or a granddaddy-long-legs! 1872 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects 17 These animals are popularly called ‘Grand-Daddy-Long-Legs’ in this country, but are also known as ‘Harvest men’ and ‘Grandfather-Gray-Beards’. 1937 T. Turner in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 175 If the cows are lost, find a grand-daddy-long-legs and say to him, ‘Grand-daddy, grand-daddy, where are the cows?’ 2008 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard (Nexis) 1 Nov. We found a granddaddy long legs, a crawfish, tadpole, crickets, grasshoppers, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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