Meanings
nouncranefly (plural craneflies)
plural craneflies · alternative crane-fly · alternative crane fly
- Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.
Synonyms: daddy longlegs, gullywhumper, gollywhopper, mosquito hawk, mosquito-eater
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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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Origin
From crane (“bird”) + fly, from the resemblance of the insect's long, spindly legs to those of a crane.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَيْثَار
- طَيْثَار (ṭayṯār)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Chinese 大蚊
- 大蚊fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Czech tiplice
- tiplicefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Danish stankelben
- stankelbenfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Dutch langpootmug
- langpootmugfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Esperanto tipolo
- tipolofly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Finnish vaaksiainen
- vaaksiainenfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
French cousin, tipule
- cousinfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- tipulefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
German Schnake, Gelse
- Schnakefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Gelsefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Mückefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Schneiderfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Schusterfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Greek αλογατάκι
- αλογατάκι (alogatáki)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Icelandic hrossafluga
- hrossaflugafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Irish snáthaid an diabhail, snáthaid an phúca
- snáthaid an diabhailfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- snáthaid an phúcafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- ruamann na gcoinnealfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- galánfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Italian tipula
- tipulafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Japanese ガガンボ
- ガガンボ (gaganbo)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Korean 각다귀
- 각다귀 (gakdagwi)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Māori pekepeke-haratua, matua waeroa
- pekepeke-haratuafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- matua waeroafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Norwegian Bokmål stankelbein
- stankelbeinfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Polish koziułka, komarnica
- koziułkafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- komarnicafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Portuguese pernilongo, melga
- pernilongofly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- melgafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- tira-olhosfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- mosquito-tira-olhosfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- típulafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- mosquito-gigantefly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Russian долгоно́жка
- долгоно́жка (dolgonóžka)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Scottish Gaelic Murchadh na mòintich, bodach na mòintich
- Murchadh na mòintichfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- bodach na mòintichfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Calum an t-sabhailfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- tarbh-nathrachfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- Calum-figheadairfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- cailleach a' bheingfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- breabadairfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- tarbh-chuileigfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- colgadan an lampa (Raasay)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- gòbhladair an lampa (Raasay)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Slovak tipuľa
- tipuľafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Spanish típula, zancudo
- típulafly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- zancudofly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Swedish harkrank, pappa långben
- harkrankfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- pappa långbenfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Turkish çayır sineği, bostan sineği
- çayır sineğifly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- bostan sineğifly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Ukrainian довгоніжка, довгоніг
- довгоніжка (dovhonižka)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- довгоніг (dovhonih)fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Welsh pryf teiliwr, pryf cannwyll
- pryf teiliwrfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
- pryf cannwyllfly of the suborder Tipulomorpha
Cite this entry
APA
cranefly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cranefly
MLA
“cranefly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cranefly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cranefly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cranefly.
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