Meaning of GEOMETRID
| Pronunciation: | | jee'âmitrid
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| | Definition: | | [n] slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms |
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| | Synonyms: | | geometrid moth |
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| | See Also: | | Alsophila pometaria, family Geometridae, Geometridae, moth, Paleacrita vernata | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining or belonging to the {Geometrid[ae]}.
\Ge*om"e*trid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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