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What is a cranefly?

What is a cranefly? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.
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The larvae of cranefly, they're active through to the first frosts and love nothing better than munching roots, particularly of the grass variety.
Two breeding female Steller's eiders found dead had midge larvae all more than 20 mm long in their proventriculi, plus a few cranefly larvae and some vegetation.
Selection of entomopathogenic nematodes for the biological control of cranefly larvae Tipula paludosa.
Scientists say it could lead to the extinction of some birds which feed on cranefly, such as golden plovers, by the end of the century.
The Cranefly Orchid is the most widespread orchid found in Mississippi, but it is often overlooked because it is well camouflaged in its wooded habitat.

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