English
Cranefly.
Etymology
crane + fly
Pronunciation
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 .
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Translations
fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Chinese: 大蚊 (zh)
Cornish: kelyonen aran f
Danish: stankelben n
Dutch: langpootmug (nl) f
Esperanto: tipolo (eo)
Finnish: vaaksiainen
French: cousin (fr) m ( France ) , tipule (fr) f
German: Schnake (de) ( especially Southern Germany ) , Gelse (de) f ( Austria ) , Mücke (de) f ( universal, but usually a smaller one ) , Schneider (de) m ( Northern Rhineland, Münsterland, Southern Lower Saxony ) , Schuster (de) m ( far Northern Germany )
Greek: αλογατάκι (el) n ( alogatáki )
Icelandic: hrossafluga f
Irish: snáthaid an diabhail f , snáthaid an phúca f , ruamann na gcoinneal m
Italian: tipula f
Japanese: ガガンボ ( gaganbo )
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Korean: 각다귀 ( gakdagwi )
Manx: bwoid skeddan m
Maori: pekepeke-haratua , matua waeroa
Navajo: tsʼíʼii jáádnézí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stankelbein n
Polish: koziułka f , komarnica f , pytloch m
Portuguese: pernilongo (pt) m
Russian: долгоно́жка (ru) f ( dolgonóžka )
Scots: Willie-long-legs ( Orkney )
Spanish: típula (es) f , zancudo (es) m
Swedish: harkrank (sv) c , pappa långben (sv) c
Ukrainian: довгоніжка f ( dovhonižka ) , довгоніг m ( dovhonih )
Welsh: pryf teiliwr m , pryf cannwyll m
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