geometrid Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
geometrid moth.
WordNet
Ge*om"e*trid adjective
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(Zoöl.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
Ge*om"e*trid noun
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(Zoöl.) 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.