Daddy longlegs
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Daddy longlegs is an ambiguous common name referring to several unrelated terrestrial arthropods which have in common extremely long slender legs. Its use is highly regional, so the "Daddy longlegs" of one area is completely different from another. It is common names like these which spurred development of the formal scientific classification system.
In the animal kingdom, "Daddy longlegs" may refer to:
- A crane fly (Tipulidae) (in English English)
- A harvestman (Opiliones) (in American English)
- A Daddy long-legs spider (Pholcids)
It can also refer to:
- Daddy Long Legs is also a common name for a car that once ran on a former railway in Brighton
- Daddy Long Legs is also the lead singer of the rap metal group Wolfpac, also one of the original lineup of The Bloodhound Gang.
- Daddy-Long-Legs (novel), a children's novel written in 1912 by Jean Webster
- Daddy Long Legs (film), a 1955 musical film.
- Daddy Long-legs, a 2005 Korean film.
- Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1919 Marshall Neilan silent film starring Mary Pickford.
