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daddy-long-legs

Popular name for a crane fly.
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Byline: By Hannah Webster A daddy-long-legs was trapped by a flying squad when it triggered a full-scale police alert at a Tyneside pub.
The insect that brough the police running by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The incident led to the abandonment of racing and was later attributed to loose turf caused by an infestation of the larvae stage of the crane fly, or daddy-long-legs.
Chepstow brings Flat season to early close by The Racing Post (London, England)
But what I hate most about the daddy-long-legs is its indecisiveness.
They all bug me! by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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