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单词 harvestman
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harvestman


har·vest·man

H0076400 (här′vĭst-mən)n.1. A man who harvests.2. See daddy longlegs.

harvestman

(ˈhɑːvɪstmən) n, pl -men1. (Agriculture) a person engaged in harvesting2. (Animals) 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

dad′dy-long′legs

or dad′dy long′legs


(ˈlɔŋˌlɛgz, ˈlɒŋ-)
n., pl. -long•legs. 1. Also called harvestman. any spiderlike arachnid of the order Opiliones, having a compact rounded body and usu. extremely long, slender legs. 2. crane fly. [1805–15]
Thesaurus
Noun1.harvestman - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legsPhalangium opilio, daddy longlegsarachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legsgenus Phalangium, Phalangium - type genus of the family Phalangiidae
Translations

harvestman


harvestman,

arachnid, often called daddy longlegs because of its eight long, slender legs. The harvestman has a rounded or oval body possessing glands that give off an acrid scent. Its food consists of a variety of organic materials, including fluids from fruits and vegetation, animal tissue, and even other harvestmen. The unrelated crane flycrane fly,
true fly resembling a mosquito, often called daddy longlegs because of its six long, delicate legs. (The harvestman, also called daddy longlegs, belongs to an unrelated order.) Most species of crane flies have a single pair of wings and slender bodies.
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 is also called daddy longlegs because of its long legs. Harvestmen are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda
[Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites.
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, class Arachnida, order Opiliones.

harvestman


Related to harvestman: Phalangium opilio, Opiliones
  • noun

Synonyms for harvestman

noun spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

Synonyms

  • Phalangium opilio
  • daddy longlegs

Related Words

  • arachnid
  • arachnoid
  • genus Phalangium
  • Phalangium
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