(Zool.) See Daddy longlegs, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A daddy longlegs. [ 1913 Webster ]
Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability to stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [ Sailor's Cant ] Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spindleshanks. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also
n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus