harvester

noun — 7 senses

harvester

noun

Etymology From harvest + -er.

7 senses
  1. 1A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
  2. 2A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
  3. 3A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-lengt…
  4. 4A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.
  5. 5A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius…
  6. 6Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to…
  7. 7A finnock (a young sea trout).
1

Dated A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

2

A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

3

Business, Forestry A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.

4

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.

5

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.

6

Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores.

7

Ireland A finnock (a young sea trout).

Derived terms
combine harvester, harvester ant, harvester butterfly, harvester-thresher, microharvester
Related terms
farmer, farmhand, farmworker, gatherer, gleaner, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, manual labourer, picker, reaper, worker

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