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Geometrid
Pronunciation : Ge*om"e*trid
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid?.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ge*om"e*trid
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometrid?; -- so called because their larv? (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.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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