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Not only anthropoids... https://www.historyhit.com/the-extraordinary-daddy-long-legs-railway-of-brighton/ https://www.historyhit.com/the-extraordinary-daddy-lo

• davidmurdoch 3y ago
  Others have commented that in Britain the name refers to a fly, but this article about a railway in Great Britain makes it clear it was named after the spider. The devolution of language is fascinating.
  • kwhitefoot 3y ago
    Not really. I've just read the article. The two terms seem to be just alternatives.
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