'Geometrid' definitions:
Definition of 'geometrid'
(from WordNet)
noun
Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms [syn: geometrid, geometrid moth]
Definition of 'Geometrid'
From: GCIDE
- Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zool.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid[ae]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Geometrid'
From: GCIDE
- Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, n. (Zool.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometrid[ae]; -- so called because their larv[ae] (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]