English Explanatory Dictionary

measuring worm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.

Word forms

measuring worm measuring worms

Etymology

So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm.

Synonyms

geometrid inchworm looper spanworm
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