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HARVESTMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harvestman mean? 

HARVESTMAN (noun)
  The noun HARVESTMAN has 1 sense:

1. spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legsplay

  Familiarity information: HARVESTMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARVESTMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

daddy longlegs; harvestman; Phalangium opilio

Hypernyms ("harvestman" is a kind of...):

arachnid; arachnoid (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)

Holonyms ("harvestman" is a member of...):

genus Phalangium; Phalangium (type genus of the family Phalangiidae)


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