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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