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Webster 1828 Edition

Crane-fly

CRANE-FLY

Noun.

An insect of the genus Tipula, of many species. The mouth is a prolongation of the head; the upper jaw is arched; the palpi are two, curved and longer than the head; the proboscis is short.

Definition 2024

crane-fly

cranefly

English

Cranefly.

Alternative forms

Noun

cranefly ‎(plural craneflies)

Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.

Synonyms

In UK: daddy longlegs
In US: gullywhumper, gollywhopper, mosquito hawk

Translations

fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha

Esperanto: tipolo (eo)
Finnish: vaaksiainen
French: cousin m (France), tipule (fr) f
German: Schnake (de), Schneider (2)
Icelandic: hrossafluga f
Irish: snáthaid an diabhail f, snáthaid an phúca f
Italian: tipula f
Japanese: ガガンボ ‎(gaganbo)
Manx: bwoid skeddan m

Maori: pekepeke-haratua, matua waeroa
Navajo: tsʼíʼii jáádnézí
Polish: koziółka f, komarnica f
Portuguese: pernilongo (pt) m
Russian: долгоно́жка (ru) f ‎(dolgonóžka)
Spanish: típula f , zancudo (es) m
Swedish: harkrank (sv) c
Ukrainian: довгоніжка f ‎(dovhonižka), довгоніг m ‎(dovhonih)