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GEOMETRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Geometridae mean? 

GEOMETRIDAE (noun)
  The noun GEOMETRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. measuring wormsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GEOMETRIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Measuring worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Geometridae; Geometridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Geometridae"):

geometrid; geometrid moth (slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms)

genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita; Alsophila; genus Alsophila (geometrid moths)

cankerworm (green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees)

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

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)


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