| 单词 | geometer moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeometer moth 4. The caterpillar of a geometrid moth, which typically travels by clasping with the front legs, drawing the hind end forward so that the back loops in an arch, then clasping with the prolegs at the hind end and straightening to extend the head. Also (more fully geometer moth): an adult geometrid moth.The caterpillars have various popular names alluding to their manner of progression, including inchworm, looper, and measuring-worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > class of caterpillars geometer1817 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types high-flyer?1749 nonpareil1749 porphyry1819 satin carpet1819 satin pygmy1828 scopolian1829 chalk carpet1832 sieve lackey1832 sprawler1832 tissue1832 treble bar1832 treble gold stripe1832 vesper-beauty1832 viburnian1832 yellowhead1832 flame carpet1862 sting-moth1863 lilac moth1868 luna-moth1869 melon-caterpillar1884 wood-nymph1885 unicorn-moth1891 geometer moth1897 the suspected1908 porina1929 tomato pinworm1931 mopane worm1966 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 292 Their name of geometer was given them..because they seem to measure the surface they pass over, as they walk, with a chain. 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 49 The Second Great Division or Tribe of Moths are called Geometers (in science Geometræ), from the peculiar attitude which the caterpillars assume in walking. 1897 Daily News 13 Sept. 6/2 The larvæ of the geometer moths..are widely known as ‘stick caterpillars’. 1916 E. Step Marvels Insect Life (rev. ed.) 405 It is one of the family of geometers..coloured in harmony either with the foliage upon which they feed or with the branches upon which they rest. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1323/2 In the Geometers or ‘Loopers’..the number of prolegs is reduced to 2 pairs which results in the looping effect of the caterpillars when walking. 2002 R. T. Mitchell & H. S. Zim Butterflies & Moths (rev. ed.) 140 More than 1,000 species of geometers live in North America; some are serious pests. < as lemmas |
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