geometrid

/jee-om-i-trid/US // dʒiˈɒm ɪ trɪd //UK // (dʒɪˈɒmɪtrɪd) //

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adj.形容词 adjective

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- : belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.

n.名词 noun

Rivulet, riv′ū-let, n. a small stream, brook: a geometrid moth.
Among the Lepidoptera, we notice a reduction in the number of pro-legs in the 'looper' caterpillars of Geometrid moths.
Geometrid: larva which, when walking, alternately elevate and straighten the middle of their body: opposed to rectigrade; q.v.
The Desmoscolecida move by looping their bodies like geometrid caterpillars or leeches, as well as by creeping on their setae.
By some systematists this small group of moths is treated as a subfamily of the Geometrid.