cranefly

cranefly

English

Cranefly.

Alternative forms

• crane-fly
• crane fly

Etymology

crane +‎ fly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹeɪnˌflaɪ/

Noun

cranefly (plural craneflies)

1. 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

Coordinate terms

• leatherjacket (cranefly larva)

Translations

fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha

Danish: stankelben n Esperanto: tipolo (eo) Finnish: vaaksiainen French: cousin m (France), tipule (fr) f German: Schnake (de), (please verify) Schneider (de) (2) Greek: αλογατάκι (el) n (alogatáki) Icelandic: hrossafluga f Irish: snáthaid an diabhail f, snáthaid an phúca f Italian: tipula f Japanese: ガガンボ (gaganbo) Korean: 각다귀 (gakdagwi)

Manx: bwoid skeddan m Maori: pekepeke-haratua, matua waeroa Navajo: tsʼíʼii jáádnézí Polish: koziółka f, komarnica f, pytloch m Portuguese: pernilongo (pt) m Russian: долгоно́жка (ru) f (dolgonóžka) Scots: Willie-long-legs (Orkney) Spanish: típula f , zancudo (es) m Swedish: harkrank (sv) c Ukrainian: довгоніжка f (dovhonižka), довгоніг m (dovhonih) Welsh: pryf teiliwr m, pryf cannwyll m Westrobothnian: myskrank m, maurkrank m

Further reading

• Cranefly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia