daddy-long-legs
Eight-legged stilt-walker
Daddy-long-legs refers to different creatures depending on where you are.
In American usage, it typically means a harvestman—a spider-like arachnid with a small body and extremely long, thin legs.
In British usage, it usually means a crane fly, a flying insect with similarly spindly legs.
Some also apply the term to cellar spiders.
The hyphenation varies: daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs.
Thin and fragile-looking
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- leggyHaving lengthy limbs
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
wispy · gossamer · slender · elongated · lanky · willowy · ethereal · dainty
Eight-legged wingless arthropod
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- segmentedDivided into sections
jointed · nocturnal · predator · detritivore · omnivore · molting · legspan · cephalothorax
spindly
Thin and fragile-looking
fragile · wispy · gossamer · slender · elongated · lanky · willowy · ethereal · dainty · featherlight
arachnid
Eight-legged wingless arthropod
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
segmented · jointed · nocturnal · predator · detritivore · omnivore · molting · legspan · cephalothorax · woodland
diptera
flight · hover · antennae · thorax · abdomen · aquatic · meadow · fen · gangly · clumsy
web
Interwoven filament structure
cellar · corner · ceiling · vibrate · bounce · tangled · spindly · translucent · household · harmless
daddy-long-legstick
Parasitic eight-legged pest
mite · jumping spider · trapdoor spider · tarantula · black widow
daddy-long-legsblack widow
Lethal spider species
brown recluse · tarantula · wolf spider · scorpion · funnel-web spider
daddy, dads, daddies, long, longer, longest, length, lengthen, lengthy