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The name 'Daddy longlegs' (or 'Daddy Long Legs', 'Granddaddy longlegs', 'Dandy longlegs', etc.) has multiple uses.
In the animal kingdom, 'Daddy longlegs' is an ambiguous common name referring to several unrelated terrestrial arthropods which have in common extremely long slender legs. Its use is highly regional, so the "Daddy longlegs" of one area is completely different from another. It may refer to:

★ A crane fly (Tipulidae) (in U.K. English), which is an insect. In Scotland it is also called a "Jenny longlegs".

★ A harvestman (Opiliones) (in American English), which is an arachnid.

★ A Daddy long-legs spider (several Pholcidae, but most often Pholcus phalangioides), which is a true spider.

'Daddy Long Legs' can also refer to:

★ Daddy-Long-Legs (novel), a children's novel written in 1912 by Jean Webster. This has been the basis for numerous films:

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★ ''Daddy-Long-Legs'' (1919 film), a 1919 Marshall Neilan silent film starring Mary Pickford.

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★ ''Daddy Long Legs'', a 1931 musical film starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter

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★ ''Daddy Long Legs'' (''Vadertje Langbeen''), a 1938 Dutch film.

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★ ''Daddy Long Legs'' (film), a 1955 musical film by 20th Century Fox.

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★ ''Daddy Long-legs'' (2005 film), a 2005 Korean film.

★ Daddy Long Legs (musician), the lead singer of the rap metal group Wolfpac, also one of the original lineup of The Bloodhound Gang.

★ Daddy Long Legs (train), a name for a car that once ran on a former railway in Brighton.

★ Daddy Longlegs (album), the 2005 album from folk singer John Craigie.