shepherd spider

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English

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Etymology

Compare the semantics of harvestman, harvest spider and Dutch koewachter (literally “cowherd”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

shepherd spider (plural shepherd spiders)

  1. (UK, dated or dialectal) harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones)
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Descendants

  • → New Latin: ōpiliō (calque)

Translations

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