Geometridae

noun

measuring worms

• Syn: ↑family Geometridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑geometrid, ↑geometrid moth, ↑Paleacrita, ↑genus Paleacrita, ↑Alsophila, ↑genus Alsophila, ↑cankerworm

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\\ˌjēəˈme.trəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin geometres, geometra geometer + New Latin -idae; from the looping movement, suggestive of earth measurement — more at geometer

: a family of chiefly medium-sized and slender-bodied moths with large wings and larvae that are loopers and that often feed destructively on various trees and cultivated plants