ˈlong-leg
† 1. = buprestis 1. Obs.—0
| 1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 76 Buprestis,..a venemous flie like a beetle, and hurtfull to cattell: a longe legge: a wag-leg. 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Bupreste. 1783 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) i. s.v. Beetle. |
2. long-legs. a. The stilt; the ‘long-legged plover’.
| 1713 Ray Syn. Avium 190 Himantopus Plinii Aldrov... Long-legs. 1802 G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1833) 496 Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus melanopterus..Longlegs, Longshanks. |
b. = daddy-long-legs.
| 1806 Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. ii. 374 This [Tipula] is popularly known by the title of Long-Legs. |