harvester
nounEtymology From harvest + -er.
7 senses
- 1A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
- 2A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
- 3A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-lengt…
- 4A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.
- 5A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius…
- 6Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to…
- 7A finnock (a young sea trout).
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Dated A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
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A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.
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A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America; an individual of this species.
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Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores.
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Ireland A finnock (a young sea trout).
- Derived terms
- combine harvester, harvester ant, harvester butterfly, harvester-thresher, microharvester