harvestman
Americannoun
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a person engaged in harvesting
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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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The team also revealed a treasure trove of underground species, including blind spiders, blind harvestman, and a whip scorpion, all new to science, in a previously unexplored cave system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
Three arthropod species were named for him by other scientists — a spider, a millipede and a spider relative called a harvestman.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
The user also tested it out and found some poor results: “One of my harvestman photos was IDed as a jumping spider, one as a termite, and another one as a crane fly.”
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2022
The harvestman makes its way through the mossy woodland on eight spindly legs, delicate tentpoles supporting a plump body with two tiny eyes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Little Mrs. Ladybug, who was somewhat of a gossip, discovered in some way that Daddy Longlegs was a harvestman.
From The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales by Harry L. Smith
More than 6900 species of harvestmen have been identified, making them one of the most diverse groups of arachnids.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Looking at the shapes traced by the tags, he matched the locations of the unexpected opsins on the harvestmen to approximately where extra eyes grow on spiders and horseshoe crabs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
The mix includes bigger spiders, as well as harvestmen.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
The glowing replicas lured an array of ants, cockroaches, flies, beetles, spiders, harvestmen, slugs, snails and centipedes.
From Reuters ● Mar. 19, 2015
"Have you e'er a house you could be puttin' them in?" one of the harvestmen asked of Mad Bell.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
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