Definition of geometrids Geometrids
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What does geometrids mean?
Wiktionary 
- geometrids (Noun)
Plural of geometrid.
Part of speech
🔤- geometrids, noun, plural of geometrid.
WordNet
NounPlural: geometrids |
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| geometrid - slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | ||
| geometrid moth | ||
| moth typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | ||
| family geometridae, geometridae measuring worms | ||
| paleacrita vernata moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- geometrid (a.)
Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae. - geometrid (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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geometrid
The caterpillar of the geometer moth.
Part of speech
🔤- geometrid, noun, singular of geometrids.
