Sentence examples for daddy longlegs from inspiring English sources

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daddy longlegs

noun

The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha.

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Gonzalo Giribet hunts tiny daddy longlegs to explain continental shifts.

Male daddy longlegs have a long protrusible penis.

The daddy longlegs would climb up your arms".

La Plata's water tower crumpled like a stomped daddy longlegs.

The body of a daddy longlegs is spherical or ovoid in shape.

The creatures in question were harvestmen; the most familiar North American member is the daddy longlegs.

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Is the humble daddy-longlegs in trouble?

Centipedes, millipedes, cluster flies, and daddy-longlegs are equally unwelcome housemates, but require very different controls.

He grins anxiously, wriggling his 6ft 3in frame against his chair like some pinioned daddy-longlegs.

"Eddie," I confess, "I have the upper body strength of a daddy-longlegs.

It catches everything from the compost gnats to large daddy-longlegs.

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