Talk:daddy longlegs

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The "cranefly" sense is usual in the UK, the "harvestman" sense in the USA, but I don't know if there's a standard format for noting such things. I'll do my best. --Haruo 17:10, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Plural?

Pluralia tantum? --Connel MacKenzie 14:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Google books has some hits for "daddy longlegses" - probably informal. SemperBlotto 14:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

I'd have thought "daddies longlegs". 82.24.183.21 23:50, 28 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nope, it’s one daddy longlegs, two daddy longlegs, three daddy longlegs. —Stephen 02:42, 29 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Arachnid

I thought daddy long legs weren't arachnids.

Etymology

The etymology is incomplete. It just says "from daddy + longlegs", without explaining why they're called that. Donotforgetmycode (talk) 20:39, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply