(UK, dated, or, dialectal) harvestman, daddy longlegs.
(UK, dated, or, dialectal) harvestman, daddy longlegs.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(loosely) The daddy long-legs spider, any spider of the family .
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order , mostly with long thin legs.
(UK, Ireland) The cranefly; any insect of the suborder .
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order , most of which spin webs to catch prey.
(AU, slang) A huntsman spider.