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harvestman
[ hahr-vist-muhn ]
harvestman
/ ˈhɑːvɪstmən /
noun
- a person engaged in harvesting
- Also called (US and Canadian)daddy-longlegs any arachnid of the order Opiliones (or Phalangida ), having a small rounded body and very long thin legs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of harvestman1
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Example Sentences
When a Harvestman said "Good-morning" to you on a rainy day, you always had a feeling that the sun was shining.
He had not47 lived long enough in the meadow to understand all that the Harvestman meant.
Then the only thing a Harvestman could do was to struggle and wriggle himself free, and he often broke off a leg in doing so.
Little Mrs. Ladybug, who was somewhat of a gossip, discovered in some way that Daddy Longlegs was a harvestman.
A harvestman, for instance, lacks the waist, and its abdomen is segmented.
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