shepherd spider

== English == === 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, particularly: === Noun === shepherd spider (plural shepherd spiders) (UK, dated or dialectal) harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones) ==== Descendants ==== → New Latin: ōpiliō (calque) → Translingual: Opiliones ==== Translations ====