Thesaurus: geometrid

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1. a. Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.
2. 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.
3. n. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
4. Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ. One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridæ; -- so called because their larvæ (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.
5. Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
6. n. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms