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GEOMETRID
geometrid, geometrid moth
(noun) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
geometrid (plural geometrids)
(entomology) Any of the family Geometridae of moths.
A larva of such moth, which when walking alternate legs and prolegs, giving the appearance of measuring.
Synonyms
• (moth): geometer moth, geometrid moth
• (larva): inchworm, looper, measuring worm, spanworm
Source: Wiktionary
Ge*om"e*trid, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
Ge*om"e*trid, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridæ; -- so called because their larvæ (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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