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Meaning Of Geometrid
a.
Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.
n.
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the
family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (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.