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Harvestman
Har′vest-man
(-man)
, Noun.
pl.
Harvestmen
(-men)
. 1.
A man engaged in harvesting.
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Definition 2024
harvestman
harvestman
English
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
- carter, daddy longlegs, grandfather-graybeard, harry-longlegs, shepherd spider
Translations
arachnid
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References
- Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo, Machado, Glauco & Giribet, Gonzalez (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9 pp. 2,3