Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies or daddy longlegs. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species. All species have very long, fragile legs. The male has a swollen tip to his abdomen, and the female has a pointed ovipositor which is used to push eggs into soil. The larvae of...
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• (n.) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
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Tip'u·la noun ;
plural Latin
Tipulæ , English
Tipulas . [ Latin , the water spider, or water spinner.]
(Zoology) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to
Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See
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