Harvest \Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.]

To reap or gather, as any crop.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.

Harvesting ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)