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Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
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geometrid
Word definitions for geometrid in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid[ae] .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms [syn: geometrid moth ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context entomology English) Any of the various moths of the family Geometridae. 2 A larva of such moth, which when walking alternate legs and prolegs, giving the appearance of measuring.
Usage examples of geometrid.
It stood before the Councillors and tore into another of the geometrid things.