measuring worms
1lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …
2Geometrid — Ge*om e*trid, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family {Geometrid[ae]}; so called because their larv[ae] (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many… …
3Anisopteryx pometaria — Cankerworm Can ker*worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are also called cankerworms. [1913 …
4Anisopteryx vernata — Cankerworm Can ker*worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are also called cankerworms. [1913 …
5Cankerworm — Can ker*worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are also called cankerworms. [1913 Webster]… …
6Geometridae — prop. n. A natural family of moths whose larvae are called {measuring worms}. Syn: family {Geometridae}. [WordNet 1.5] …
7Looping — Loop ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Loop}. [1913 Webster] {Looping snail} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of land snail of the genus {Truncatella}; so called because it creeps like the measuring worms. [1913 Webster] …
8Looping snail — Looping Loop ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Loop}. [1913 Webster] {Looping snail} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of land snail of the genus {Truncatella}; so called because it creeps like the measuring worms. [1913 Webster] …
9geometrid — adj. [Gr. ge, earth; metron, measure] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A larva whose movements resemble a looping motion moving tail to head, such as the geometrid moth larva (Geometridae) measuring worms ; geometroid; see rectigrade …
10cabbage looper — the larva of a noctuid moth, Trichoplusia ni, common throughout the U.S. and Canada, that feeds on a wide variety of vegetable crops, esp. cabbage and lettuce. [1900 05] * * * Distinctive green, white lined larva, or caterpillar (Trichoplusia ni) …
