Found 2 items, similar to harvestman.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: harvestman
harvestman
n : spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long
thin legs [syn:
daddy longlegs,
Phalangium opilio]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: harvestman
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.
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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.
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Carter
\Cart"er\, n.
1. A charioteer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
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3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any species of
Phalangium; -- also called
harvestman.
(b) A British fish; the whiff.
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