† 1.  = BUPRESTIS 1. Obs.–0

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1585.  Higins, Junius’ Nomencl., 76. Buprestis,… a venemous flie like a beetle, and hurtfull to cattell: a longe legge: a wag-leg.

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1611.  Cotgr., s.v. Bupreste.

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1783.  Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), I. s.v. Beetle.

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  2.  Long-legs. a. The stilt; the ‘long-legged plover.’

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1713.  Ray, Syn. Avium, 190. Himantopus Plinii Aldrov…. Long legs.

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1802.  G. Montagu, Ornith. Dict. (1833), 496. Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus melanopterus … Longlegs, Longshanks.

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  b.  = DADDY-LONG-LEGS.

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1806.  Shaw, Gen. Zool., VI. II. 374. This [Tipula] is popularly known by the title of Long-Legs.

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  Longleg (Cricket): see LEG sb. 6 c.

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