Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harvestman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carter \Cart"er\, n.
1. A charioteer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any species of {Phalangium}; -- also called
{harvestman}.
(b) A British fish; the whiff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harvestman \Har"vest*man\, n.; pl. {Harvestmen}.
1. A man engaged in harvesting. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Daddy longlegs \Dad"dy long"legs`\
1. (Zo["o]l.) An arachnidan of the genus {Phalangium}, and
allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long
legs; -- called also {harvestman}, {carter}, and
{grandfather longlegs}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to many species of dipterous
insects of the genus {Tipula}, and allied genera, with
slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane
fly; -- called also {father longlegs}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harvestman
n : spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long
thin legs [syn: {daddy longlegs}, {Phalangium opilio}]
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