geometrid

Noun
Synonyms: geometrid moth

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring wormsSynonyms: geometrid moth
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zool.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid[ae]. [1913 Webster]
Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, n. (Zool.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometrid[ae]; -- so called because their larv[ae] (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. [1913 Webster]
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