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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] .
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms [syn: geometrid moth ]
Usage examples of geometrid.
It stood before the Councillors and tore into another of the geometrid things.