tipula

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera; a common crane fly.

Similar words

march fly tipuloid tipulomorph crane fly daddy longlegs hooktip tipulid cranefly mosquito hawk cylindrotomid

Often followed by

paludosa iridescent oleracea sp abdominalis spp subnodicornis trivittata maxima