daddy longlegs
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According to Mercedes Burns, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who studies arachnid reproduction, these muscles are reminiscent of those of the daddy longlegs spider.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023
If there’s one defining trait of daddy longlegs, it has to be their legs.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2021
But it was nothing to be afraid of, they were daddy longlegs.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019
“We’d always capture daddy longlegs and put them on our arms, and we’d make mud puddles,” said Marcy Felch.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2018
Once I had seen my mother shudder on overhearing him expound to a group of ladies on the mating posture of order Opiliones, or daddy longlegs.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
