Daddy-Long-Legs, an insect-like creature with exceedingly long, slender legs, closely related to the spider. Known also as harvestman and grandfather graybeard. The legs are very long and are bent up in the middle, so that the body sags down as though the legs were too weak to support it. When held by one leg the harvestman first points in this direction, then in that. Boys going after the cows catch a "daddy" to make him tell which way the cows have gone. He points first one way, then another, and is sure to hit on the right direction after a time. The daddy-long-legs has a disagreeable odor, but he lives on plant lice and is perfectly harmless. See SPIDER.