'Looper' definitions:
Definition of 'looper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae [syn: measuring worm, inchworm, looper]
Definition of 'Looper'
From: GCIDE
- Looper \Loop"er\ (l[=oo]p"[~e]r), n.
- 1. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'looper'
From: GCIDE
- Inchworm \Inch"worm`\, n. (Zool.) The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper. See Geometrid. [1913 Webster]