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GEOMETRID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geometrid mean? 

GEOMETRID (noun)
  The noun GEOMETRID has 1 sense:

1. slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring wormsplay

  Familiarity information: GEOMETRID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GEOMETRID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

geometrid; geometrid moth

Hypernyms ("geometrid" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geometrid"):

Paleacrita vernata (moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms)

Alsophila pometaria (North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms)

Holonyms ("geometrid" is a member of...):

family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)


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