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Meaning of 'geometrid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Geometrid [ a.]
- Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.
2 . Geometrid [ n.]
- One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.

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geocentric geocentrical geocentrically geocronite geocyclic geode geodephagous geodesic geodesical geodesist

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