Definition of "opilio" [opilio]

• A genus of harvestmen, giving name to the order Opiliones. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I'm finding it a little painful to watch this time around though, knowing what I do about the end of opilio season."
• "The hit series focuses on the travails of the crab fishermen of Alaska; over the last few years devoted viewers have come to know the hard-bitten crews of the vessels the Cornelia Marie, the Time Bandit, the Northwestern, the Wizard and the Kodiak as they ply the unforgiving Bering Sea during the king and opilio crab seasons."
• "He had a stroke while offloading during opilio season. he was doing fine. they were gonna send him to a rehab clinic in seattle but he had a second pulmonary embolism."