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ge⋅om⋅e⋅trid
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jee-om-i-trid] 
–adjective
| 1. | belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms. |
–noun
| 2. | a geometrid moth. |
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| ge·om·e·trid (jē-ŏm'ĭ-trĭd) n. Any of various moths of the family Geometridae, having caterpillars commonly known as measuring worms that move by looping the body in alternate contractions and expansions. adj. Of or belonging to the Geometridae. [From New Latin Geōmetridae, family name, from Latin geōmetrēs, geometrician, land-measurer, from Greek, from geōmetrein, to measure land; see geometry.] |
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Geometrid
Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid[ae].Geometrid
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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