Complete Definition of "cranefly"

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Image:CraneFly.jpg|thumb|Cranefly.
English

Alternative forms
crane-fly
crane fly

Noun
en-noun|craneflies

  1. Any of various large fly|flies of the family Tipulidae 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

Esperanto: tipolo
Finnish: vaaksiainen
French: tipule f,cousin (fam.) m
German: Schnake, Schneider (2)
Icelandic: hrossafluga f
mid
Russian: долгоножка (dolgonóžka) f
Spanish: típula f

Related terms
crane
fly

See also
w:Tipulidae|crane flies on Wikipedia

Category:Insects

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