GEOMETRID

geometrid, geometrid moth

(noun) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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