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Finnish
Etymology
vaaksiainen (“crane fly, daddy longlegs”) + hämähäkki (“spider”), thus named due to their long legs resembling those of crane flies
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːksiɑi̯sˌhæmæhækːi/,
- Rhymes: -ækːi
- Syllabification(key): vaak‧si‧ais‧hä‧mä‧häk‧ki
Noun
vaaksiaishämähäkki
- pholcid (spider of the family Pholcidae, consisting of about 1,800 species in almost 100 genera, characterized by eceptionally long legs)
- daddy long-legs spider, long-bodied cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides (one of the species in the family, recently introduced in Finland)
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