cranefly

English

Cranefly.

Alternative forms

Etymology

crane +‎ fly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹeɪnˌflaɪ/

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

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

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