harvestman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: harvestman	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for harvestman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harvestman n spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs Synonym(s): harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio
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[94]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[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daddy longlegs \Dad"dy long"legs`\ 1. (Zo[94]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[94]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}.