GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Carter (?), n.
   1. A charioteer. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
   
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   3. (Zool.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.
   
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   Daddy longlegs (?).
   1. (Zool.) 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.
   
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   2. (Zool.) 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.
   
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   Marysole (?), n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zool.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.
   
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