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
For the current study, Dr. Gainett used fluorescent tags to study the development of harvestman eyes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
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
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 Smith, Harry L.
These included familiar ones we'd recognize, such as spiders, harvestmen and scorpions -- as well exotic animals that now occur in warmer regions like whip spiders and whip scorpions.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, harvestmen and other arthropods, and divining the relationships among this sprawling group of organisms is tricky.
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
Ah! she was a maid of mettle; would romp with the harvestmen, slap one upon the back, wrestle with another, and had a rogue's trick and a joke for all round.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
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