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INCHWORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inchworm mean?
• INCHWORM (noun)
The noun INCHWORM has 1 sense:
1. small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Familiarity information: INCHWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
inchworm; looper; measuring worm
Hypernyms ("inchworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
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