Harvestman
Harvestman noun - Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs.
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Spider and harvestman are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spider" instead a noun "Harvestman".
Spider
Spider noun - Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.
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Nearby Words: spidery, spidering, spidered
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- Any spider that isn't one of the two "dangerous" varieties is "generic harmless" and is probably either a garden spider or a harvestman (aka daddy longlegs), the latter of which isn't really a spider.
Source: Small Taxonomy Pools - It should be noted that while the harvestman is not a spider, the cellar spider which is also called the daddy longlegs is a true spider.
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