harvestman
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legsSynonyms: daddy longlegsPhalangium opilio
Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]
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]
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]