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harvester

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har⋅ves⋅ter

[hahr-vuh-ster]
–noun
1. a person who harvests; reaper.
2. any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.
3. an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.

Origin:
1580–90; harvest + -er 1
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har·vest·er   (här'vĭ-stər)   
n.  
  1. One who gathers a crop.

  2. A machine for harvesting crops; a reaper.

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