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jee-om-i-trid] 
| 1. | belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms. |
| 2. | a geometrid moth. |
| 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.] |