daddy longlegs

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If there’s one defining trait of daddy longlegs, it has to be their legs.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2021

But it was nothing to be afraid of, they were daddy longlegs.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019

“We’d always capture daddy longlegs and put them on our arms, and we’d make mud puddles,” said Marcy Felch.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2018

Often, the best I could hope for was a damp cinder block structure filled with daddy longlegs.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2015

Once I had seen my mother shudder on overhearing him expound to a group of ladies on the mating posture of order Opiliones, or daddy longlegs.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly