Geometrid Definition

jē-ŏmĭ-trĭd
noun
Any of a large family (Geometridae) of moths, typically having broad wings: the slender larvae are called measuring worms, inchworms, etc.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
geometrid
Plural:
geometrids

Origin of Geometrid

  • From New Latin Geōmetridae family name from Latin geōmetrēs geometrician, land-measurer (the family being so named because the caterpillars seem to measure the surface on which they crawl by the length of their bodies) from Greek from geōmetrein to measure land geometry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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