geo·me·trid /ʤiˈɑmətrəd, ˌʤiəˈmɛtrəd/
尺蠖科(a.)尺蠖的
Ge·om·e·trid a. Zool. Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
Ge·om·e·trid, n. Zool. 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.
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geometrid
n : slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called
measuring worms [syn: geometrid moth]