'Harvestman' definitions:
Definition of 'harvestman'
(from WordNet)
noun
Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio]
Definition of 'Harvestman'
From: GCIDE
- Harvestman \Har"vest*man\ (-man), n.; pl. Harvestmen (-men).
- 1. A man engaged in harvesting. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs, 1. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'harvestman'
From: GCIDE
- Phalangoidea \Phal`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see Phalangious) + Gr. e'i^dos form.] (Zool.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[ae]. Called also {Phalangides}, {Phalangidea}, {Phalangiida}, and {Opilionea}. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'harvestman'
From: GCIDE
- Carter \Cart"er\, n.
- 1. A charioteer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'harvestman'
From: GCIDE
- Daddy longlegs \Dad"dy long"legs`\
- 1. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]