- harvestman
- noun Date: 1847 daddy longlegs 2
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Harvestman — Har vest*man ( man), n.; pl. {Harvestmen} ( men). 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}, 1. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harvestman — [här′vistmən] n. pl. harvestmen [här′vistmən] 1. a man who harvests 2. any of an order (Opiliones) of spiderlike arachnids with long, thin legs and a short, broad, segmented abdomen; daddy longlegs … English World dictionary
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}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harvestman — Carter Cart er, n. 1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any species of {Phalangium}; also called {harvestman}. (b) A British fish; the whiff. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Harvestman phylogeny — Taxobox name = Opiliones fossil range = Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Hadrobunus grandis regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida subclassis = Dromopoda ordo = Opiliones ordo authority = Sundevall, 1833… … Wikipedia
Harvestman anatomy — Harvestmen are an order of arachnids, with which they share many characteristics: their body is divided into two body regions (tagmata), the abdomen and the opisthosoma; however, unlike in spiders, the juncture is often poorly defined. They have… … Wikipedia
harvestman — /hahr vist meuhn/, n., pl. harvestmen. 1. daddy longlegs (def. 1). 2. a person engaged in harvesting. [1400 50; late ME. See HARVEST, MAN1] * * * … Universalium
harvestman — noun a) A field worker who works to gather in the harvest. b) An order of terrestrial, non venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones. Syn: carter, daddy longlegs, grandfather graybeard, harry longlegs, shepherd spider … Wiktionary
harvestman — n. one who harvests, one who works in the fields at harvest time; daddy longlegs, species of spider with a small body and very long legs … English contemporary dictionary
harvestman — noun (plural harvestmen) an arachnid with a globular body and very long thin legs. [Order Opiliones: many species.] … English new terms dictionary
