vaaksiaishämähäkki
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vaaksiainen (“crane fly, daddy longlegs”) + hämähäkki (“spider”), thus named due to their long legs resembling those of crane flies
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːksiɑi̯sˌhæmæˌhækːi/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːks̠iɑ̝i̯s̠ˌhæmæˌhækːi]
- Rhymes: -ækːi
- Hyphenation(key): vaak‧siais‧hämä‧häk‧ki
Noun
[edit]vaaksiaishämähäkki
- pholcid (spider of the family Pholcidae, consisting of about 1,800 species in almost 100 genera, characterized by eceptionally long legs)
- daddy long-legs spider, long-bodied cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides (one of the species in the family, recently introduced in Finland)
Usage notes
[edit]- Pholcus phalangioides is sometimes referred to as kellarihämähäkki which appears to be a verbatim translation from cellar spider, one of the common names used of pholcids.