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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within theclass Arachnida — theharvestmen ordaddy longlegs .
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Examples
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Some daddy long-legs, also called harvestmen, order Opiliones are scavengers feeding on dead animals, including snails and slugs.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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Some daddy long-legs, also called harvestmen, order Opiliones are scavengers feeding on dead animals, including snails and slugs.
Daddy long-legs eating a snail AYDIN 2008
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The Opiliones is not a true spider, whereas the Pholcidae is.
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For the Opiliones the myth is false as it does not have poison or venom glands.
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The daddy long-leg spider (Pholcidae) is often confused with the "harvestman" (Opiliones) which can also be called a daddy long-leg.
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One is the harvestman (Opiliones) and is often called a daddy long-legs but is not actually a spider, and does not even spin webs and has only two eyes.
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'Sara-sara', an ant predacious on scorpions and Opiliones
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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