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geometrid, a. and n. Ent.|dʒiːˈɒmɪtrɪd|
[f. L. Geōmetra mod. name for a genus of moths + -id.]
A. adj. Belonging to the family of moths of which Geometra is the typical genus: see geometer 4.
B. n. A moth of this family.
1876A. S. Packard (title) A monograph of the Geometrid moths or Phalænidæ of the United States. Ibid. 37 The times of appearance of our geometrids. 1963V. Nabokov Gift i. 30 The four lovely gauze wings Of the softest Geometrid moth in the world. Ibid. ii. 109 A tropical geometrid coloured in perfect imitation of a species of butterfly infinitely removed from it in nature's system.
So geomeˈtrideous a.
1865Trans. Entomol. Soc. 3rd Ser. II. i. 89 The imago of a species of an undetermined Geometrideous genus. |