Lexic.us

Definition of Harvestman

1. Noun. Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs.

Definition of Harvestman

1. n. A man engaged in harvesting.

Definition of Harvestman

1. Noun. A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest. ¹

2. Noun. An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Harvestman

1. [n HARVESTMEN]

Medical Definition of Harvestman

1. 1. A man engaged in harvesting. 2. See Daddy longlegs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harvestman

Literary usage of Harvestman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Royal Forests of England by John Charles Cox (1905)
"The whole township of Newton was in mercy because of the flight of Richard Gelet, their harvestman, accused of shooting a doe in Nassington wood, ..."

2. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
""And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ... Yet, as in a field, after the most careful harvestman, there will be some ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"harvestman. — A large kind of daddy longlegs, called the harvestman, is under superstitious protection at this season, as it is considered unlucky to kill ..."

4. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1872)
"It will be interesting to compare with this range of eyes, the same organs in a kindred animal, the common harvestman (Phalangium cornutum). ..."

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