harvestman

[ hahr-vist-muhn ]

noun

, plural har·vest·men.

1. daddy-longlegs ( def 1 ).
2. a person engaged in harvesting.

harvestman

/ ˈhɑːvɪstmən /

noun

1. a person engaged in harvesting
2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of harvestman¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See harvest, man

Example Sentences

When a Harvestman said "Good-morning" to you on a rainy day, you always had a feeling that the sun was shining.

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He had not47 lived long enough in the meadow to understand all that the Harvestman meant.

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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.

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Little Mrs. Ladybug, who was somewhat of a gossip, discovered in some way that Daddy Longlegs was a harvestman.

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A harvestman, for instance, lacks the waist, and its abdomen is segmented.

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