Main Entry: dad·dy long·legs

Pronunciation: \ˌda-dē-ˈlȯŋ-ˌlegz, -ˌlāgz\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural daddy longlegs

Date: circa 1814

1 chiefly British : crane fly
2 : any of an order (Opiliones) of arachnids that have slender usually long legs and that resemble spiders but have an oval body lacking a constriction —called also harvestman