Har"vest*ing, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
Harvesting ant (Zoˆl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up
seeds for food. Many species are known.
The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster
structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is
Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P.
crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
Har"vest*less, a. Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
"Harvestless autumns." Tennyson.
Har"vest*man (-man), n.; pl. Harvestmen (-men). 1. A man engaged in
harvesting. Shak.