Geometrid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various moths of the family Geometridae, having caterpillars commonly known as measuring worms that move by looping the body in alternate contractions and expansions.
  • adj. Of or belonging to the Geometridae.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of the various moths of the family Geometridae.
  • n. A larva of such moth, which when walking alternate legs and prolegs, giving the appearance of measuring.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In entomology, pertaining to the moths of the section Geometrina, whose larvæ are measuring-worms.
  • n. A moth of the family Geometridœ or section Geometrina, or its larva; a measuring-worm.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    moth   
    Cross Reference
    green geometrid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inchworm    measuring worm    geometer moth    looper    geometrid moth   
     
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