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Webster 1913 Edition

Tipula

‖

Tip′u-la

,

Noun.

;

pl. L.

Tipulae

(#)

, E.

Tipulas

(#)

.

[L., the water spider, or water spinner.]

(Zool.)

Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to

Tipula

and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See

Crane fly

, under

.