Popular name for a crane fly. daddy-long-legs, daddy longlegs
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
Spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs; SYN. daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio.
Arachnid of the order Opiliones, with very long, thin legs and small bodies. Harvestmen are distinguished from true spiders by the absence of a waist or constriction in the oval body. They are carnivorous and are found from the Arctic to the tropics.