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Harvestman

Har′vest-man

(-man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Harvestmen
(-men)
.
1.
A man engaged in harvesting.
Shak.
2.
(Zool.)

Definition 2024


harvestman

harvestman

English

Noun

harvestman (plural harvestmen)

  1. A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest.
  2. An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones.

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  • Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo, Machado, Glauco & Giribet, Gonzalez (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9 pp. 2,3