Geometrid

[dʒi'ɒmitrid]

Definition

(noun.) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms.

Editor: Spence--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.

(n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (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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