ge|om|e|trid

ge|om|e|trid «jee OM uh trihd», noun, adjective.

–n.

any one of a family of slender gray or greenish moths whose larvae have legs at the ends of the body, causing them to travel with a looping motion and to be called measuring worms or inchworms. Geometrids move by bringing the rear end of the body forward, thus forming a loop, and then advancing the front end. »

Some geometrid caterpillars are able to camouflage themselves by sticking out at an angle from a twig, like a twig (New Yorker).

–adj.

of or having to do with a geometrid.

╂[< New Latin Geometridae the family name < Geometra the typical genus < Latin geōmetra; see etym. under geometer (Cf. ↑geometer)]