HARVESTMAN

harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio

(noun) spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

harvestman (plural harvestmen)

A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest.

An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones.

Synonyms

• (field worker): carter

• (arachnid): daddy longlegs, grandfather-graybeard, harry-longlegs, shepherd spider

Source: Wiktionary


Har"vest*man, n.; pl. Harvestmen (.

1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Daddy longlegs, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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