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Definition of Longlegs
1. Noun. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Genus Himantopus, Himantopus
Specialized synonyms: Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus Mexicanus, Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus Himantopus, Himantopus Himantopus Leucocephalus, White-headed Stilt, Himantopus Novae-zelandiae, Kaki
Definition of Longlegs
1. n. A daddy longlegs.
Definition of Longlegs
1. Noun. A daddy longlegs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Longlegs
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Longlegs
Literary usage of Longlegs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"... longlegs, the admired of Geoffrey Crayon. " My dear Walter, To Cornet Walter
Scott, ... longlegs ..."
2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"... DADDY-longlegs, OR GRANDFATHER GREYBEARD Teacher's Story WONDER if there ever
was a country child who has not grasped firmly the leg of one of these ..."
3. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... own account of his conversion to Ritualism—The Vicar of East Brent and the
school inspector— The latter welcomed with " Old Daddy longlegs wouldn't say ..."
4. Guide to Methods of Insect Life and Prevention and Remedy of Insect Ravage by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1884)
"Daddy longlegs: 1, larva; 2, pupa-case standing up in the ground; 3, fly; 4, eggs.
IN our yesterday's Lecture I showed how we might tell, in a general way, ..."
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