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Answer for the clue "Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms ", 9 letters:
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.