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Opiliones

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See also: opiliones

Translingual

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Etymology

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From Latin ōpiliōnēs (shepherds), a calque of English shepherd spider.[1]

Proper noun

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Opiliones

  1. A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – the harvestmen or daddy longlegs.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: opilió
  • Galician: opilión
  • Portuguese: opilião
  • Spanish: opilión

References

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  1. ^ Martin Lister's English Spiders, 1678. Ed. John Parker and Basil Hartley (1992). Colchester, Essex: Harley Books. pp. 26 & 30. (Translation of the Latin original, Tractatus de Araneis.)