harvestman
Origin of harvestman
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How to use harvestman in a sentence
When a harvestman said "Good-morning" to you on a rainy day, you always had a feeling that the sun was shining.
Among the Meadow People | Clara Dillingham PiersonHe had not47 lived long enough in the meadow to understand all that the harvestman meant.
Among the Meadow People | Clara Dillingham PiersonThen the only thing a harvestman could do was to struggle and wriggle himself free, and he often broke off a leg in doing so.
Among the Meadow People | Clara Dillingham PiersonLittle Mrs. Ladybug, who was somewhat of a gossip, discovered in some way that Daddy Longlegs was a harvestman.
The Tale of Daddy Longlegs | Arthur Scott BaileyA harvestman, for instance, lacks the waist, and its abdomen is segmented.
Spiders | Cecil Warburton
British Dictionary definitions for harvestman
/ (ˈhɑːvɪstmən) /
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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