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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From 1936 through 2025, published scientific studies documented parental guarding behavior in only 80 harvestman species.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
But despite harvestmen’s variety — there are more than 6,000 species in the group — there is no sign of duplication in the harvestman genome, the researchers report.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
She had heard that Daddy 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
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
The sumptuous Stoker is his his first English-language production, but it's unmistakably his work: adorned everywhere with picturebook flourishes – harvestmen creeping over slim ankles, brushed hair dissolving into cornfields, blood-spattered foliage.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2013
This was before special cheap trains were run for harvestmen.
From The Life Story of an Old Rebel by John Denvir
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