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4 definitions found 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["o]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["o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}, 1. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. 2. (Zo["o]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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: harvestman n : spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: {daddy longlegs}, {Phalangium opilio}]
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