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Definition of Cranefly
1. Noun. Any of various large flies of the family ''Tipulidae'' that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cranefly
1. a type of fly [n CRANEFLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranefly
Literary usage of Cranefly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... of the cranefly have been a perfect plagne in some localities, and sheep ticks
in others. The scarcity of small birds has been generally noticed ; some, ..."
2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1904)
"... on the Wire- worm or on the Larva of the Gamma Moth or cranefly t" Although '
One Swallow does not make a summer,' and although a single instance may ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... otherwise Torn Spinner, Jenny Spinner, the Tailor, the cranefly, and,
scientifically, the Tipula, I venture to put a query as to its habits and its ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"The second reaper is also called the harvest-queen. HARVEST-MAN. The cranefly.
For. dial. HARVEST-BOW. The shrew mouse. Wilts. ..."
5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"... or cranefly. Harsk, adj. dry, astringent. SG hank, gate, into which the bars
are put. Hask, adj. parched, harsh, dry ; also weather. See Harsk. ..."
6. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... of the cranefly have been a perfect plagne in some localities, and sheep ticks
in others. The scarcity of small birds has been generally noticed ; some, ..."
7. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1904)
"... on the Wire- worm or on the Larva of the Gamma Moth or cranefly t" Although '
One Swallow does not make a summer,' and although a single instance may ..."
8. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... otherwise Torn Spinner, Jenny Spinner, the Tailor, the cranefly, and,
scientifically, the Tipula, I venture to put a query as to its habits and its ..."
9. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"The second reaper is also called the harvest-queen. HARVEST-MAN. The cranefly.
For. dial. HARVEST-BOW. The shrew mouse. Wilts. ..."
10. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"... or cranefly. Harsk, adj. dry, astringent. SG hank, gate, into which the bars
are put. Hask, adj. parched, harsh, dry ; also weather. See Harsk. ..."
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