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geometrid
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geometrid, a.
Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ . [1913 Webster]
geometrid, n.
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridæ ; -- so called because their larvæ (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. [1913 Webster]
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